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Making Bodies Kosher : The Politics of Reproduction among Haredi Jews in England / Ben Kasstan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kasstan, Ben, Author.
- Series:
- Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
- Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives ; 42
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Infants--Care and hygiene--England--Manchester.
- Infants.
- Maternal and infant welfare--England--Manchester.
- Maternal and infant welfare.
- Orthodox Judaism--England--Manchester.
- Orthodox Judaism.
- Reproductive health--England--Manchester.
- Reproductive health.
- Social sciences.
- Ultra-Orthodox Jews--England--Manchester.
- Ultra-Orthodox Jews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Minority populations are often regarded as being 'hard to reach' and evading state expectations of health protection. This ethnographic and archival study analyses how devout Jews in Britain negotiate healthcare services to preserve the reproduction of culture and continuity. This book demonstrates how the transformative and transgressive possibilities of technology reveal multiple pursuits of protection between this religious minority and the state. Making Bodies Kosher advances theoretical perspectives of immunity, and sits at the intersection of medical anthropology, social history and the study of religions.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Text and Transliteration
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- PART I. 'Community' Health
- Chapter 1. The Pursuit of Self-Protection
- Chapter 2. Culture, Faith and Health
- PART II. Maternity and Infant Body Politics
- Chapter 3. Maternity Matters
- Chapter 4. Immunities and Immunisations
- Conclusion. Antonymic Immunities
- Appendix
- Glossary
- List of Archival Materials and Oral Histories
- Index
- Notes:
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2024)
- ISBN:
- 9781789202304
- 1789202302
- OCLC:
- 1250418861
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