The Anthropology Of The Fetus
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The Anthropology Of The Fetus
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Author : Sallie Han
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2017-10-01
The Anthropology Of The Fetus written by Sallie Han and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-01 with Health & Fitness categories.
As a biological, cultural, and social entity, the human fetus is a multifaceted subject which calls for equally diverse perspectives to fully understand. Anthropology of the Fetus seeks to achieve this by bringing together specialists in biological anthropology, archaeology, and cultural anthropology. Contributors draw on research in prehistoric, historic, and contemporary sites in Europe, Asia, North Africa, and North America to explore the biological and cultural phenomenon of the fetus, raising methodological and theoretical concerns with the ultimate goal of developing a holistic anthropology of the fetus.
Testing Women Testing The Fetus
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Author : Rayna Rapp
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-11-23
Testing Women Testing The Fetus written by Rayna Rapp and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-23 with Social Science categories.
Rich with the voices and stories of participants, these touching, firsthand accounts examine how women of diverse racial, ethnic, class and religious backgrounds perceive prenatal testing, the most prevalent and routinized of the new reproducing technologies. Based on the author's decade of research and her own personal experiences with amniocentesis, Testing Women, Testing the Fetus explores the "geneticization" of family life in all its complexity and diversity.
Anthropology Of Pregnancy Loss
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Author : Rosanne Cecil
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-08-26
Anthropology Of Pregnancy Loss written by Rosanne Cecil and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-26 with Social Science categories.
How much influence does culture have on a mother's reactions to pregnancy loss? At what stage is a fetus attributed with human status? How does this affect the mother's reactions to the loss of a baby?Contemporary, historical and oral-history accounts from regions as diverse as rural North India, urban America, South Africa and Northern Ireland, provide a fascinating insight into the experience and management of miscarriage across a number of different cultures. The authors explore how the social, technological and medical context in which miscarriages occur can affect the ways in which women experience such an event. In the West, advances in medical technology, a low infant-mortality rate and a low birth rate have raised expectations as to the successful outcome of each pregnancy. In addition, the early confirmation of pregnancy makes consequent pregnancy loss -- which might have gone unnoticed or unconfirmed in the past -- all the more difficult for mothers in the West. Yet, mourning rituals and behaviour at a pregnancy loss, which may be elaborate in some societies, are generally considered to be inappropriate in many Western societies. Differing social beliefs regarding the causes of miscarriage, preventative measures and curative treatments are also examined. Medical anthropologists, sociologists and health professionals will all find this book fascinating reading.
Anthropology Of Human Birth
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Author : Margarita Artschwager Kay
language : en
Publisher: F. A. Davis Company
Release Date : 1982
Anthropology Of Human Birth written by Margarita Artschwager Kay and has been published by F. A. Davis Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Birth customs categories.
Life Before Birth
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Author : Ashley Montagu
language : en
Publisher: Signet Book
Release Date : 1964
Life Before Birth written by Ashley Montagu and has been published by Signet Book this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Health & Fitness categories.
The Public Life Of The Fetal Sonogram
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Author : Janelle S. Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2008
The Public Life Of The Fetal Sonogram written by Janelle S. Taylor and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Family & Relationships categories.
In The Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram, medical anthropologist Janelle S. Taylor analyzes the full sociocultural context of ultrasound technology and imagery. This book offers much-needed critical awareness of the less easily recognized ways in which ultrasound technology is profoundly social and political in the United States today.
Pregnancy In Practice
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Author : Sallie Han
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2013-07-30
Pregnancy In Practice written by Sallie Han and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-30 with Social Science categories.
Babies are not simply born-they are made through cultural and social practices. Based on rich empirical work, this book examines the everyday experiences that mark pregnancy in the US today, such as reading pregnancy advice books, showing ultrasound "baby pictures" to friends and co-workers, and decorating the nursery in anticipation of the new arrival. These ordinary practices of pregnancy, the author argues, are significant and revealing creative activities that produce babies. They are the activities through which babies are made important and meaningful in the lives of the women and men awaiting the child's birth. This book brings into focus a topic that has been overlooked in the scholarship on reproduction and will be of interest to professionals and expectant parents alike.
Embodying Culture
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Author : Tsipy Ivry
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2009-09-30
Embodying Culture written by Tsipy Ivry and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-30 with Social Science categories.
Embodying Culture is an ethnographically grounded exploration of pregnancy in two different cultures—Japan and Israel—both of which medicalize pregnancy. Tsipy Ivry focuses on "low-risk" or "normal" pregnancies, using cultural comparison to explore the complex relations among ethnic ideas about procreation, local reproductive politics, medical models of pregnancy care, and local modes of maternal agency. The ethnography pieces together the voices of pregnant Japanese and Israeli women, their doctors, their partners, the literature they read, and depicts various clinical encounters such as ultrasound scans, explanatory classes for amniocentesis, birthing classes, and special pregnancy events. The emergent pictures suggest that athough experiences of pregnancy in Japan and Israel differ, pregnancy in both cultures is an energy-consuming project of meaning-making— suggesting that the sense of biomedical technologies are not only in the technologies themselves but are assigned by those who practice and experience them.
Childbirth And Authoritative Knowledge
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Author : Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-04-28
Childbirth And Authoritative Knowledge written by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-28 with Social Science categories.
This benchmark collection of cross-cultural essays on reproduction and childbirth extends and enriches the work of Brigitte Jordan, who helped generate and define the field of the anthropology of birth. The authors' focus on authoritative knowledge—the knowledge that counts, on the basis of which decisions are made and actions taken—highlights the vast differences between birthing systems that give authority of knowing to women and their communities and those that invest it in experts and machines. Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge offers first-hand ethnographic research conducted by anthropologists in sixteen different societies and cultures and includes the interdisciplinary perspectives of a social psychologist, a sociologist, an epidemiologist, a staff member of the World Health Organization, and a community midwife. Exciting directions for further research as well as pressing needs for policy guidance emerge from these illuminating explorations of authoritative knowledge about birth. This book is certain to follow Jordan's Birth in Four Cultures as the definitive volume in a rapidly expanding field.
Haunting Images
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Author : Tine Gammeltoft
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2014-02-22
Haunting Images written by Tine Gammeltoft and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-22 with Social Science categories.
Based on years of careful ethnographic fieldwork in Hanoi, Haunting Images offers a frank and compassionate account of the moral quandaries that accompany innovations in biomedical technology. At the center of the book are case studies of thirty pregnant women whose fetuses were labeled ÒabnormalÓ after an ultrasound examination. By following these women and their relatives through painful processes of reproductive decision making, Tine M. Gammeltoft offers intimate ethnographic insights into everyday life in contemporary Vietnam and a sophisticated theoretical exploration of how subjectivities are forged in the face of moral assessments and demands. Across the globe, ultrasonography and other technologies for prenatal screening offer prospective parents new information and present them with agonizing decisions never faced in the past. For anthropologists, this diagnostic capability raises important questions about individuality and collectivity, responsibility and choice. Arguing for more sustained anthropological attention to human quests for belonging, Haunting Images addresses existential questions of love and loss that concern us all.