Reproduction, Globalization, and the State: New Theoretical and Ethnographic Perspectives

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Foreword - Rayna Rapp Introduction Toward Global Anthropological Studies of Reproduction: Concepts, Methods, Theoretical Approaches - Carole H. Browner and Carolyn F. Sargent Part I: Global Technologies, State Policies, and Local Realities Part II: Biotechnology, Biocommerce, and Body Commodification Part III: Consequences of Population Movements for Agency, Structure, and Reproductive Processes Epilogue: The Mystery Child: The Politics of Reproduction, Between National Imaginaries and Transnational Confrontations - Didier Fassin; Bibliography

Portrait

Carole Browner is Professor of Anthropology and of Psychiatry andBiobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. She is the author of (w/ H. Mabel Preloran)NEUROGENETIC DIAGNOSES, THE POWER OF HOPE, AND THE LIMITS OFTODAY'S MEDICINE (2009).Carolyn Sargent is Professor of Anthropology, Washington University. She isauthor of MATERNITY, MEDICINE, AND POWER: REPRODUCTIVE DECISIONSIN URBAN BENIN (California, 1989); THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OFTHERAPEUTIC CHOICE: OBSTETRICAL CARE DECISIONS AMONG THEBARIBA OF BENIN (1982). Ed: (w/ Caroline B. Brettell) GENDER IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE, 4TH E (2005); (w/ Nancy Scheper-Hughes) SMALLWARS: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF CHILDHOOD (1998); (w/ Robbie E.Davis-Floyd) CHILDBIRTH AND AUTHORITATIVE KNOWLEDGE: CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES (1997); (w/ Thomas M. Johnson) HANDBOOK OFMEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: CONTEMPORARY THEORY AND METHOD(1996); (w/ Caroline B. Brettell) GENDER AND HEALTH: AN INTERNATIONALPERSPECTIVE (1996); (w/ Thomas Johnson) MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: CONTEMPORARY THEORY AND METHOD (1990).

Pressestimmen

"Reproduction, Globalization, and the State fills crucial research gaps. The strongest chapters not only identify and explore the competing forces that conspire to produce the specific (and dynamic) local environments in which individuals' reproductive decisions occur, but also theorise convincingly about the causal pathways that link these forces. As a result, these chapters illuminate the motivations behind behaviour or decisions that might otherwise seem opaque or unexpected" Andrea Lynch, Gender & Development "This new volume is a welcome and timely addition to the rapidly transforming landscape of reproduction worldwide. While each author has an impressive grip on local circumstances, they also show how those are--inevitably--shaped by state policies or inaction. Bringing sophisticated approaches to theory and method that are helpfully elaborated in the editors' introduction, the fourteen cases--written by many of the outstanding researchers known for their ethnographic research on reproduction--cover the planet, from China to India to Sudan, while exploring many of the key topics of our time, from assisted reproductive technologies to sex work, fetal diagnosis, and humanitarian assistance. The foreword by Rayna Rapp and epilogue by Didier Fassin sharpen the framework for a book that will set the standard for research on reproduction and globalization relevant to anthropology, women's studies, and sociology for the next decade." Faye Ginsburg, co-editor of Conceiving the New World Order: The Global Politics of Reproduction "Reproduction, Globalization, and the State situates anthropological approaches to globalizing and gendered practices, politics, and policies of reproduction firmly in the twenty-first century. Building on Ginsburg and Rapp's earlier path-breaking work, Carole H. Browner and Carolyn F. Sargent's welcome edited volume emphasizes the gendered dimensions-female and male-of reproduction 'as a global process.' This volume rich in multi-sited studies also contributes conceptually and methodologically to multi-disciplinary approaches to global ethnography and will enliven debates in research and teaching alike." Gail Kligman, co-author of The Politics of Gender after Socialism "These fascinating and provocative essays represent some of the most exciting scholarship on the anthropology of reproduction."--Lynn M. Morgan, author of Icons of Life: A Cultural History of Human Embryos