Birth Control and Social Change in Small Farming Families at the Pioneer Fronts of the Eastern Amazon Basin in Brazil
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A sharp fall in fecundity is occurring among smallholder farming families in a pioneer front area of Latin America. The Authors highlight this trend, then examine the theoretical presumptions (questions on the dynamics of gender relations, in particular within couples) and methodological assumptions (by an approach using a comprehensive method of life-story and family-history focused interviews). That supposes a close investigation of how family groups work by noting changes that take place over several generations and the consequences they have on the spatial dynamics of the colonization front.
Réseaux sociaux