Reproductive Agency, Medicine and the State : Cultural Transformations in Childbearing /

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Recent years have seen many changes in human reproduction resulting from state and medical interventions in childbearing processes. Based on empirical work in a variety of societies and countries, this volume considers the relationship between reproductive processes (of fertility, pregnancy, childbi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bonaccorso, Monica M. E. (Contribuidor), Donner, Henrike (Contribuidor), Ganapathy, Saraswathy (Contribuidor), George, Asha (Contribuidor), Kilaru, Asha (Contribuidor), Madhok, Sumi (Contribuidor), Mahendra, Shanti (Contribuidor), Matthews, Zoe (Contribuidor), Patel, Tulsi (Contribuidor), Ramakrishna, Jayashree (Contribuidor), Shaw, Alison (Contribuidor), Simpson, Bob (Contribuidor), Stones, William (Contribuidor), Tremayne, Soraya (Contribuidor), Unnithan-Kumar, Maya (Contribuidor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2004]
Colección:Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives ; 3
Temas:
Childbirth > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Ethnology.
Fertility, Human > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Human reproductive technology > Government policy > Cross-cultural studies.
Human reproductive technology > Public opinion > Cross-cultural studies.
Human reproductive technology > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Reproductive technology.
Social change.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
  • PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION: REPRODUCTIVE AGENCY, MEDICINE AND THE STATE
  • CHAPTER 1 ATTITUDES TO GENETIC DIAGNOSIS AND TO THE USE OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN PREGNANCY: SOME BRITISH PAKISTANI PERSPECTIVES
  • CHAPTER 2 LOCALISING A BRAVE NEW WORLD: NEW REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE POLITICS OF FERTILITY IN CONTEMPORARY SRI LANKA
  • CHAPTER 3 CONCEPTION TECHNOLOGIES, LOCAL HEALERS AND NEGOTIATIONS AROUND CHILDBEARING IN RAJASTHAN
  • CHAPTER 4 PROGRAMMES OF GAMETE DONATION: STRATEGIES IN (PRIVATE) CLINICS OF ASSISTED CONCEPTION
  • CHAPTER 5 WOMEN, DOCTORS AND PAIN
  • CHAPTER 6 LABOUR, PRIVATISATION AND CLASS: MIDDLE-CLASS WOMEN'S EXPERIENCE OF CHANGING HOSPITAL BIRTHS IN CALCUTTA
  • CHAPTER 7 IN SEARCH OF CLOSURE FOR QUINACRINE: SCIENCE AND POLITICS IN CONTEXTS OF UNCERTAINTY AND INEQUALITY
  • CHAPTER 8 'SHE HAS A TENDER BODY': POSTPARTUM MORBIDITY AND CARE DURING BANANTHANA IN RURAL SOUTH INDIA
  • CHAPTER 9 'AND NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET': REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICIES IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
  • CHAPTER 10 WOMEN IN FERTILITY STUDIES AND IN SITU
  • CHAPTER 11 HETERONOMOUS WOMEN? HIDDEN ASSUMPTIONS IN THE DEMOGRAPHY OF WOMEN
  • NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX

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