Author: Faye D. Ginsburg
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520089143
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
This volume provides an investigation of the dynamics of reproduction. Using reproduction as an entry point the authors examine how cultures are produced, contested, and transformed as people imagine their collective future in the creation of the next generation.
Conceiving the New World Order
Author: Faye D. Ginsburg
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520089143
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
This volume provides an investigation of the dynamics of reproduction. Using reproduction as an entry point the authors examine how cultures are produced, contested, and transformed as people imagine their collective future in the creation of the next generation.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520089143
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
This volume provides an investigation of the dynamics of reproduction. Using reproduction as an entry point the authors examine how cultures are produced, contested, and transformed as people imagine their collective future in the creation of the next generation.
Technologies of Procreation
Author: Jeanette Edwards
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134698070
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Technologies of Procreation bridges the gap between medical technology and cultural values. It looks at the ways in which the 'technologies of procreation' affect society from an anthropological perspective.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134698070
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Technologies of Procreation bridges the gap between medical technology and cultural values. It looks at the ways in which the 'technologies of procreation' affect society from an anthropological perspective.
History of the Breast
Author: Marilyn Yalom
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780345388940
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In this provocative, pioneering, and wholly engrossing cultural history, noted scholar Marilyn Yalom explores twenty-five thousand years of ideas, images, and perceptions of the female breast--in religion, psychology, politics, society, and the arts. Through the centuries, the breast has been laden with hugely powerful and contradictory meanings. There is the "good breast" of reverence and life, the breast that nourishes infants and entire communities, as depicted in ancient idols, fifteenth-century Italian Madonnas, and representations of equality in the French Revolution. Then there is the "bad breast" of Ezekiel's wanton harlots, Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth, and the torpedo-breasted dominatrix, symbolizing enticement and aggression. Yalom examines these contradictions--and illuminates the implications behind them. A fascinating, astute, and richly allusive journey from Paleolithic goddesses to modern day feminists, A History of the Breast is full of insight and surprises. As Yalom says, "I intend to make you think about women's breasts as you never have before." In this, she succeeds brilliantly.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780345388940
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In this provocative, pioneering, and wholly engrossing cultural history, noted scholar Marilyn Yalom explores twenty-five thousand years of ideas, images, and perceptions of the female breast--in religion, psychology, politics, society, and the arts. Through the centuries, the breast has been laden with hugely powerful and contradictory meanings. There is the "good breast" of reverence and life, the breast that nourishes infants and entire communities, as depicted in ancient idols, fifteenth-century Italian Madonnas, and representations of equality in the French Revolution. Then there is the "bad breast" of Ezekiel's wanton harlots, Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth, and the torpedo-breasted dominatrix, symbolizing enticement and aggression. Yalom examines these contradictions--and illuminates the implications behind them. A fascinating, astute, and richly allusive journey from Paleolithic goddesses to modern day feminists, A History of the Breast is full of insight and surprises. As Yalom says, "I intend to make you think about women's breasts as you never have before." In this, she succeeds brilliantly.
Population and Reproductive Rights
Author: Sonia CorrĂȘa
Publisher: Zed Books
ISBN: 9781856492843
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Evolution of the framework.
Publisher: Zed Books
ISBN: 9781856492843
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Evolution of the framework.
Anthropology
Author: Paul Topinard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Familiar Exploitation
Author: Christine Delphy
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 9780745609850
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This important new book creates new terms for thinking about gender and generational relationships. In so doing it recasts conventional understandings of the family as an institution for organizing labour and consumption. Delphy and Leonard present their wide-ranging theoretical discussion alongside a comparative study of the family in urban and rural areas. Theoretical innovation is consistently matched by empirical analysis of the family in diverse settings.
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 9780745609850
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This important new book creates new terms for thinking about gender and generational relationships. In so doing it recasts conventional understandings of the family as an institution for organizing labour and consumption. Delphy and Leonard present their wide-ranging theoretical discussion alongside a comparative study of the family in urban and rural areas. Theoretical innovation is consistently matched by empirical analysis of the family in diverse settings.
The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society
Author: William C. Cockerham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781118410868
Category : Diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 2648
Book Description
"Featuring more than 700 entries across 20 sub-disciplines, this encyclopedia offers the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and international reference work on all aspects of the social scientific study of health and illness."--Encyclopedia home page, viewed July 24, 2015.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781118410868
Category : Diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 2648
Book Description
"Featuring more than 700 entries across 20 sub-disciplines, this encyclopedia offers the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and international reference work on all aspects of the social scientific study of health and illness."--Encyclopedia home page, viewed July 24, 2015.
The Politics of Reproduction
Author: Modhumita Roy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780814214152
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Original essays bring together the entangled reproductive politics of abortion, adoption, and commercial surrogacy in a global context and neoliberal age.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780814214152
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Original essays bring together the entangled reproductive politics of abortion, adoption, and commercial surrogacy in a global context and neoliberal age.
A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases
Author: Yuh-Chin T. Huang
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1627031499
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases delivers a concise compendium to the diagnosis and management of occupational and environmental lung diseases, incorporating evidence-based guidelines where available. Each chapter provides an updated review and a practical approach to different occupational and environmental lung diseases. With rapidly changing technology, new conditions and exposures will undoubtedly emerge. Clinicians need to remain vigilant about assessing the potential link between lung diseases and environmental exposures, and this book provides a practical guide to recognize, diagnose, and prevent occupational and environmental lung diseases. Written for practicing clinicians including internists, pulmonologists, and primary care providers, as well as industrial hygienists and environmental regulators, A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases is a timely and important new volume and an invaluable contribution to the literature.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1627031499
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases delivers a concise compendium to the diagnosis and management of occupational and environmental lung diseases, incorporating evidence-based guidelines where available. Each chapter provides an updated review and a practical approach to different occupational and environmental lung diseases. With rapidly changing technology, new conditions and exposures will undoubtedly emerge. Clinicians need to remain vigilant about assessing the potential link between lung diseases and environmental exposures, and this book provides a practical guide to recognize, diagnose, and prevent occupational and environmental lung diseases. Written for practicing clinicians including internists, pulmonologists, and primary care providers, as well as industrial hygienists and environmental regulators, A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases is a timely and important new volume and an invaluable contribution to the literature.
A Dictionary of Neurological Signs
Author: A.J. Larner
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 038731217X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"Although it has been mooted whether the dramatic technological advances in neurological practice, (i.e., neuroimaging) might render the physical exam redundant, others maintain the central importance of neurological examination in patient management. A Dictionary of Neurological Signs seeks to elucidate the interpretation of neurological signs ("neurosemiology"): their anatomical, physiological, and pathological significance." (from the Preface) The structured entries in this practical, clinical resource provide a snapshot of a wide range of neurological signs. Each entry includes: definition of the sign; brief account of the clinical technique required to elicit the sign; description of the other signs which may accompany the index sign. Where known, the entries also include neuroanatomical basis of the sign; explanation of pathyophysiological and/or pharmacological background; neuropathological basis; differential diagnosis; and brief treatment details. The Dictionary provides practical, concise answers to complex clinical questions.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 038731217X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"Although it has been mooted whether the dramatic technological advances in neurological practice, (i.e., neuroimaging) might render the physical exam redundant, others maintain the central importance of neurological examination in patient management. A Dictionary of Neurological Signs seeks to elucidate the interpretation of neurological signs ("neurosemiology"): their anatomical, physiological, and pathological significance." (from the Preface) The structured entries in this practical, clinical resource provide a snapshot of a wide range of neurological signs. Each entry includes: definition of the sign; brief account of the clinical technique required to elicit the sign; description of the other signs which may accompany the index sign. Where known, the entries also include neuroanatomical basis of the sign; explanation of pathyophysiological and/or pharmacological background; neuropathological basis; differential diagnosis; and brief treatment details. The Dictionary provides practical, concise answers to complex clinical questions.