The anthropology of the fetus : biology, culture, and society / / edited by Sallie Han, Tracy K. Betsinger, and Amy B. Scott |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations, tables |
Disciplina | 306 |
Collana | Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality |
Soggetto topico |
Physical anthropology
Human biology Fetus - Social aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
archaeology biological anthropology biology child birth contemporary controversial issues cultural anthropology fetus health and well being holistic anthropology political issue pregnancy prehistoric reproduction reproductive right reproductive rights science sexuality social issues social science |
ISBN | 1-78533-692-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794719603321 |
New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The anthropology of the fetus : biology, culture, and society / / edited by Sallie Han, Tracy K. Betsinger, and Amy B. Scott |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations, tables |
Disciplina | 306 |
Collana | Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality |
Soggetto topico |
Physical anthropology
Human biology Fetus - Social aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
archaeology biological anthropology biology child birth contemporary controversial issues cultural anthropology fetus health and well being holistic anthropology political issue pregnancy prehistoric reproduction reproductive right reproductive rights science sexuality social issues social science |
ISBN | 1-78533-692-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807768003321 |
New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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