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Anthropology of the Fetus : Biology, Culture, and Society.

"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 anthr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Han, Sallie
Otros Autores: Betsinger, Tracy K., Scott, Amy B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2017.
Colección:Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Forward: How/Shall We Consider the Fetus? / Rayna Rapp
  • Introduction: Conceiving the Anthropology of the Fetus: An Introduction / Sallie Han, Tracy K. Betsinger, and Amy B. Scott
  • The Borderless Fetus: Temporal Complexity of the Lived Fetal Experience / Julienne Rutherford
  • The Biology of the Fetal Period: Interpreting Life from Fetal Skeletal Remains / Kathleen Ann Satterlee Blake
  • Pregnant with Ideas: Concepts of the Fetus in the Twenty-First Century United States / Sallie Han
  • The Bioarchaeology of Fetuses / Siân E. Halcrow, Nancy Tayles, and Gail E. Elliott
  • Fetal Paleopathology: An Impossible Discipline? / Mary E. Lewis
  • The Neolithic Infant Cemetery at Gebel Ramlah in Egypt's Western Desert / Jacek Kabaciński, Agnieszka Czekaj-Zastawny, and Joel D. Irish
  • Excavating Identity: Burial Context and Fetal Identity in Post-Medieval Poland / Amy B. Scott and Tracy K. Betsinger
  • Waiting: The Redemption of Frozen Embryos through Embryo Adoption and Stem Cell Research in the United States / Risa D. Cromer
  • Deploying the Fetus: Constructing Pregnancy and Abortion in Morocco / Jessica Marie Newman
  • Beyond Life Itself: The Embedded Fetuses of Russian Orthodox Anti-Abortion Activism / Sonja Luehrmann
  • The "Sound" of Life: Or How Should We Hear a Fetal "Voice"? / Rebecca Howes-Mischel
  • Conclusion / Tracy K. Betsinger, Amy B. Scott, and Sallie Han.