Anthropology of Reproduction: The Basics

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-45956-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

Reihe: The Basics

Anthropology of Reproduction: The Basics is a clear and accessible guide to topics in reproduction from the perspective of anthropology, emphasizing the central importance of reproduction in human sociocultural and biological experience. It examines why reproduction matters so much to human beings and what anthropology offers to better understand their decisions about having or not having children, and their experiences with periods, infertility, contraception, abortion, pregnancy, pregnancy loss, birth, and care for children. The book shows that all of reproduction is shaped by our evolution, prehistory and history, as well as the cultural, social, political, and economic contexts and conditions that impact our lives. It tells the story of how these conditions enable, support, constrain or coerce reproduction – and how people around the world survive or thrive within, comply with, or resist against these forces to create their reproductive futures. Its primary goals are to promote:

· an understanding of human reproduction as sociocultural and biological experience

· awareness of and attention to the sociocultural, historical, political, and economic contexts and conditions influence the ideas and practices of human reproduction, particularly how social inequities shape reproduction and, in turn, how we can move towards more equal and just reproductive futures.

· to introduce and reinforce an understanding of anthropology as a discipline taking a holistic approach to human experiences. This student-friendly text provides an overview of the fundamental principles of reproduction and is an invaluable guide for anyone wanting to learn more about this fascinating subject.

It is an essential read for students approaching the subject for the first time, as well as researchers coming to the topic from another discipline in the sciences and humanities.

Zielgruppe

General and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Han, Sallie

Tomori, Cecília

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Why reproduction matters and what the anthropology of reproduction offers, 2. Menstruation, contraception, and abortion, 3. Infertility, assisted reproductive technologies, and reproductive losses, 4. Pregnancy and birth, 5. Postpartum, infant, and other care, 6. Struggles and movements toward reproductive justice

Über Autor(innen)

Sallie Han is Professor of Anthropology at SUNY Oneonta, USA. She is the author of Pregnancy in Practice: Expectation and Experience in the Contemporary US (2013), co-editor of The Anthropology of the Fetus: Biology, Culture, and Society (2018) and The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Reproduction (2022). Cecília Tomori is Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA. She is the author of Nighttime Breastfeeding: An American Cultural Dilemma (2014), co-editor of Breastfeeding: New Anthropological Approaches (2018) and The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Reproduction (2022), and numerous other publications.