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Author:   Rosanne Cecil
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Berg Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781859731208

ISBN 10:   1859731201
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   01 August 1996
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: R. Cecil, Introduction: An Insignificant Event? Literary and Anthropological Perspectives on Pregnancy Loss -- P. Jeffery and R. Jeffery, Delayed Periods and Falling Babies: The Ethnophysiology and Politics of Pregnancy Loss in Rural North India -- E. Sobo, Cultural Explanations for Pregnancy Loss in Rural Jamaica -- A. Winkvist, Water Spirits, Medicinemen and Witches: Avenues to Successful Reproduction among the Abelam, Papua New Guinea -- J.A.R. Wembah-Rashid, Explaining Pregnancy Loss in Matrilineal Southeastern Tanzania -- O.M. Njikam Savage, 'Children of the Rope' and Other Aspects of Pregnancy Loss in Cameroon -- M. DeLuca and P.W. Leslie, Variation in Risk of Pregnancy Loss -- L.L. Layne, 'Never Such Innocence Again': Irony, Nature, and Technoscience in Narratives of Pregnancy Loss -- B. Chalmers, Cultural Variations in South African Women's Experiences of Miscarriage: Implications for Clinical Care -- R. Cecil, Memories of Pregnancy Loss: Recollections of Elderly Women in Northern Ireland -- M. Jackson, 'Something More Than Blood': Conflicting Accounts of Pregnancy Loss in 18th-Century England

Reviews

anyone interested in a broad view of the topic of pregnancy loss from a multi-ethnic perspective will find it a fascinating read. Alison Wood, NCT bereavement support co-ordinator 'It makes an important contribution towards correcting the erasure of these common experiences from the literature on reproductive health. [...] This is a stimulating book recommended especially for those interested in medical anthropology, reproductive health, or cross-cultural constructions of personhood and gender.' Canberra Anthropology Each article is thoroughly researched and has extensive bibliographies. The book answered many of my questions of what miscarriage is like for other cultures... Freda Cammack, The Miscarriage Association 'We have previously lacked an anthropological perspective on pregnancy loss ... This volume is a valuable contribution in redressing that omission.' The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 'this collection of ten articles convincingly demonstrates that the study of pregnancy loss helps illuminate fundamental cultural concepts essential to much anthropological analysis, such as life, death, the person and the body, as well as the world-view of a given culture.' Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford

"""anyone interested in a broad view of the topic of pregnancy loss from a multi-ethnic perspective will find it a fascinating read."" Alison Wood, NCT bereavement support co-ordinator 'It makes an important contribution towards correcting the erasure of these common experiences from the literature on reproductive health. [...] This is a stimulating book recommended especially for those interested in medical anthropology, reproductive health, or cross-cultural constructions of personhood and gender.' Canberra Anthropology ""Each article is thoroughly researched and has extensive bibliographies. The book answered many of my questions of what miscarriage is like for other cultures... "" Freda Cammack, The Miscarriage Association 'We have previously lacked an anthropological perspective on pregnancy loss ... This volume is a valuable contribution in redressing that omission.' The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 'this collection of ten articles convincingly demonstrates that the study of pregnancy loss helps illuminate fundamental cultural concepts essential to much anthropological analysis, such as life, death, the person and the body, as well as the world-view of a given culture.' Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford"

'anyone interested in a broad view of the topic of pregnancy loss from a multi-ethnic perspective will find it a fascinating read.'Alison Wood, NCT bereavement support co-ordinator'It makes an important contribution towards correcting the erasure of these common experiences from the literature on reproductive health. [...] This is a stimulating book recommended especially for those interested in medical anthropology, reproductive health, or cross-cultural constructions of personhood and gender.'Canberra Anthropology 'Each article is thoroughly researched and has extensive bibliographies. The book answered many of my questions of what miscarriage is like for other cultures... ' Freda Cammack, The Miscarriage Association'We have previously lacked an anthropological perspective on pregnancy loss ... This volume is a valuable contribution in redressing that omission.'The Journal of the Roya

'anyone interested in a broad view of the topic of pregnancy loss from a multi-ethnic perspective will find it a fascinating read.' Alison Wood, NCT bereavement support co-ordinator 'It makes an important contribution towards correcting the erasure of these common experiences from the literature on reproductive health. [...] This is a stimulating book recommended especially for those interested in medical anthropology, reproductive health, or cross-cultural constructions of personhood and gender.' Canberra Anthropology 'Each article is thoroughly researched and has extensive bibliographies. The book answered many of my questions of what miscarriage is like for other cultures... ' Freda Cammack, The Miscarriage Association 'We have previously lacked an anthropological perspective on pregnancy loss ... This volume is a valuable contribution in redressing that omission.' The Journal of the Roya

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Rosanne Cecil Research Fellow,Department of Social Anthropology, The Queen's University of Belfast

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