The anthropology of the fetus : biology, culture, and society / edited by Sallie Han, Tracy K. Betsinger, and Amy B. Scott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Betsinger, Tracy K., editor.

Han, Sallie, editor.

Scott, Amy B., editor.

Series:

Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; 38.

Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality ; 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physical anthropology.

Human biology.

Fetus--Social aspects.

Fetus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; Oxford, [England] : Berghahn Books, 2018.

Summary:

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 anthropology. Contributors draw on research in prehistoric, historic, and contemporary sites in Europe, Asia, North Africa, and North America to explore the biological and cultural phenomenon of the fetus, raising methodological and theoretical concerns with the ultimate goal of developing a holistic anthropology of the fetus.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Foreword. How/Shall We Consider the Fetus?

Introduction. Conceiving the Anthropology of the Fetus

PART I: The Fetus in Biosocial Perspective

Chapter 1. The Borderless Fetus: Temporal Complexity of the Lived Fetal Experience

Chapter 2. The Biology of the Fetal Period: Interpreting Life from Fetal Skeletal Remains

Chapter 3. Pregnant with Ideas: Concepts of the Fetus in the Twenty-First-Century United States

PART II: Finding Fetuses in the Past: Archaeology and Bioarchaeology

Chapter 4. The Bioarchaeology of Fetuses

Chapter 5. Fetal Paleopathology: An Impossible Discipline?

Chapter 6. The Neolithic Infant Cemetery at Gebel Ramlah in Egypt’s Western Desert

Chapter 7. Excavating Identity: Burial Context and Fetal Identity in Postmedieval Poland

PART III: The Once and Future Fetus: Sociocultural Anthropology

Chapter 8. Waiting: The Redemption of Frozen Embryos through Embryo Adoption and Stem Cell Research in the United States

Chapter 9. Deploying the Fetus: Constructing Pregnancy and Abortion in Morocco

Chapter 10. Beyond Life Itself: The Embedded Fetuses of Russian Orthodox Anti-Abortion Activism

Chapter 11. The “Sound” of Life: Or, How Should We Hear a Fetal “Voice”?

Conclusion

Glossary

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-83695-957-5

1-78533-692-4

OCLC:

1009181839