Contraception Across Cultures

Technologies, Choices, Constraints
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-1-85973-381-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

Reihe: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women

Contraception is an issue of considerable concern to a great many heterosexually active people. Yet the impact of contraceptive technologies in the world today, in particular their implications for kinship, gender relations, and other aspects of social life, receives relatively little scholarly attention. This book brings a new perspective to the study of contraception, by collecting together in one volume leading experts in the fields of contraception, family planning and reproductive health. Contributors look at the social, economic, political and cultural contexts in which contraceptive providers and recipients make decisions about whether and what forms of contraception to use. User perspectives (whether those of recipients or providers of contraceptive services) are taken seriously, as are the perspectives of policy-makers and development experts. With its in-depth, case-study approach, this challenging book will appeal to practitioners and planners in the fields of family planning and reproductive health, as well as to students and academics of applied and medical anthropology, health studies, gender and development studies, or anyone interested in the social, cultural and ethical issues raised by contraceptive technologies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Russell, Andrew

Thompson, Mary

Sobo, Elisa J.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Approaches and Methods, Part 2 Contraception in its Political and Economic Contexts, Part 3 Contraceptive Policy and Practice: User Perspectives, Part 4 Contraceptive Policy and Practice: Provider Perspectives

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Russell University of Durham Elisa Sobo Trauma Research Scientist, Children's Hospital, San Diego Mary Thompson DFID-Guyana.