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MANAGING REPRODUCTIVE LIFE
CROSS-CULTURAL THEMES IN FERTILITY AND SEXUALITY |
| By: |
Soraya Tremayne (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£27.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1571813179 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781571813176 |
| Publisher: |
BERGHAHN BOOKS, INCORPORATED |
| Pub. date: |
30 November, 2001 |
| Series: |
Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives 1 |
| Pages: |
306 |
| Description: |
In 1999, the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford held a workshop on the social dynamics of human reproduction. This volume contains 12 papers from scholars in Britain and the U.S. that were originally presented at that workshop. Topics include, for example, moth |
| Synopsis: |
"[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 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. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Berghahn Books, Incorporated |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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