Managing Reproductive Life
Cross-Cultural Themes in Fertility and Sexuality
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2001
300 pages
978-1-80073-405-0 (ISBN)
Description
Throughout history human societies have sought to manage their reproductive lives to make them fit in with their social, economic and biological conditions. But the different ways communities regulate their fertility, penetrating every aspect of their social life, are so varied and specific that they are often incomprehensible to outsiders. In this book a group of anthropologists set out to throw new light on the dynamics of human reproduction in the world today, looking at the intricate ways that people manage their reproductive life across different cultures, and highlighting the wider meaning of human reproduction and its impact on social organization. The importance of human agency, ethnic boundaries, the regulation of gender relations, issues of fertility and infertility, the significance of children and motherhood and the problems of two large vulnerable social groups, youth and refugees, are all considered in their broader social contexts.
Reviews / Votes
"[This] ... excellent overview ... should be valuable in medical anthropology, gender and demography studies. It demonstrates the value of anthropology in exploring the varied cultural and economic contexts for reproductive decisions and sexual power relations." ? Social Anthropology (EASA)"... the authors provide innovative ethnographic data and analysis ... This edited volume is notable for its coherence and the consistent attention to the themes of the three sections." ? American Ethnologist
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Bibliography; Index
ISBN-13
978-1-80073-405-0 (9781800734050)
DOI
10.3167/9781571815002
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Person
Soraya Tremayne is Co-ordinating Director of the Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group and a Research Associate at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, and a Vice-President of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
Content
- MANAGING REPRODUCTIVE LIFE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1. EMOTION, AGENCY AND ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE: WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES OF REPRODUCTION IN JAIPUR
- CHAPTER 2. FROM INTERNATIONAL POLICY TO LOCAL REALITY: WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH STRATEGIES IN EL ALTO, BOLIVIA
- CHAPTER 3. MOTHERHOOD, FERTILITY AND AMBIVALENCE AMONG YOUNG PROSTITUTES IN THAILAND
- CHAPTER 4. BIOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF SOCIAL UNEASE: THE STIGMA OF INFERTILITY IN LONDON SEX WORKERS
- CHAPTER 5. THE IMPACT OF MALE MIGRATION ON FERTILITY DECISIONS AND OUTCOMES IN NORTHERN BURKINA FASO
- CHAPTER 6. MENSTRUATION, BIRTH OBSERVANCES AND THE COUPLE'S LOVE AMONGST THE AIRO-PAI OF AMAZONIAN PERU
- CHAPTER 7. LOOKING FOR A CHILD: COPING WITH INFERTILITY IN ADO-ODO, SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA
- CHAPTER 8. THE MEANING OF CHILDREN IN HONG KONG
- CHAPTER 9. SOME REFLECTIONS ON SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTUALISATIONS OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH
- CHAPTER 10. YOUNG PEOPLE'S SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION
- CHAPTER 11. TEENAGE PREGNANCY AND THE MORAL GEOGRAPHY OF TEESSIDE, UK
- CHAPTER 12. THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OF REFUGEES: LESSONS BEYOND THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
