Recent years have seen many changes in human reproduction resulting from state and medical interventions in childbearing processes. Based on empirical work in a variety of societies and countries, thi
Based on a 2001 workshop at the U. of Sussex on Anthropology, Reproduction and Health Policy, 11 chapters consider the relationship between human reproductive processes--including attitudes toward fer
Obesity is a rising global health problem. On the one hand, a clearly defined medical condition, it is at the same time a corporeal state embedded in the social and cultural perception of fatness and
Charting the experiences of migrant communities, the volume examines the relationship between movement, reproduction, & health. Informed by research in Europe, Britain, South & East Asia, Cana
