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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Reproduction is a comprehensive overview of the topics, approaches, and trajectories in the anthropological study of human reproduction. The book brings together work from across the discipline of anthropology, with contributions by established and emerging scholars in archaeological, biological, linguistic, and sociocultural anthropology. Across these areas of research, consideration is given to the contexts, conditions, and contingencies that mark and shape the experiences of reproduction as always gendered, classed, and racialized. Over 39 chapters, a diverse range of international scholars cover topics including: Reproductive governance, stratification, justice, and freedom. Fertility and infertility. Technologies and imaginations. Queering reproduction. Pregnancy, childbirth, and reproductive loss. Postpartum and infanTrade Review"This book expertly guides us through the intricacies of reproduction as a complex entanglement of biocultural, biographical and historically situated practices, in which relationships of unequal power and violence, as well as care and kinship are forged. The editors have showcased the astonishing breadth of topics that are centred on reproduction, from socio-cultural, evolutionary, linguistic, political, medical, technological and intersectional perspectives. The book will appeal to students and scholars at all levels with an interest in reproduction and I highly recommend it – even established experts will encounter new knowledge and will be inspired to broaden their thinking about reproduction beyond the confines of their own disciplinary imperatives and experiences. The book also has much to offer those who work to set policy and practices which relate, directly and indirectly, to reproduction. If clinicians, legislators, as well as those who determine public health policy, were to engage with the evidence and arguments so cogently presented in this book then perhaps the subject of reproduction could take its rightful place at the core of our everyday values, practices, and human rights." - Rebecca Gowland in Childhood in the Past Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I Opening conversations in reproduction 1. Conceiving Reproduction in Biological Anthropology 2. Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Evidence, Proposed Mechanisms, and Ideas for Future Applications 3. Men and Reproduction: Perspectives from Biological Anthropology 4. Conceiving of Reproduction in Archaeology Part II Governance, stratification, justice, and freedom 5. Reproduction and the State 6. The Necropolitics of Reproduction: Racism, Resistance, and the Sojourner Syndrome in the Age of the Movement for Black Lives 7. Reproductive Governance in Practice: A Comparison of State-Provided Reproductive Health Care in Cuba and the United States 8. Reproduction through Revolution: Maoist Women’s Struggle for Equity in Post-Development Nepal 9. Policy, Governance, Practice: Global Perspectives on Abortion 10. Sterile Choices: Racialized Women, Reproductive Freedom, and Social Justice Part III Making fertility 11. Menstruation: Causes, Consequences, and Context 12. Menstruation: Sociocultural Perspectives 13. Infertility, In Vitro Fertilization, and Fertility Preservation: Global Perspectives 14. Global IVF and Local Practices: The Case of Ghana 15. Eggs 16. Surrogacy Part IV Queering reproduction 17. The Racial Contours of Queer Reproduction 18. Invisible Hands: The Reproductivities of Queer(ing) and Race(ing) Gynecology Part V Made and unmade: Personhood and reproduction 19. "Personhood" in the Anthropology of Reproduction 20. Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis 21. Navigating Reproductive Losses 22. Reproduction in the Past: A Bioarchaeological Exploration of the Fetus and Its Significance Part VI Pregnancy 23. Pregnancy and the Anthropology of Reproduction 24. Bringing Language into the Anthropology of Reproduction: The Text and Talk of Pregnancy 25. From Couvade to "Men’s Involvement": Sociocultural Perspectives of Expectant Fatherhood Part VII Birth 26. The Obstetrical Dilemma Revisited--Revisited 27. There Is No Evolutionary "Obstetrical Dilemma" 28. Midwifery in Cross-Cultural Perspectives 29. Doulas: Negotiating Boundaries in Birth 30. Rituals and Rites of Childbirth across Cultures 31. Making Dignified Care the Norm: Examining Obstetric Violence and Reproductive Justice in Kenya 32. Maternal Mortality Part VIII Postpartum and infant care 33. Making Space for Lactation in the Anthropology of Reproduction 34. The Bioarchaeology of Infant Feeding 35. Biocultural Perspectives on Infant Sleep Part IX Care as reproducing kinship 36. Menopause 37. The Shifting Role of Grandmothers in Global Reproduction Strategies 38. Alloparenting: Evolutionary Origins and Contemporary Significance of Cooperative Childrearing as a Key Feature of Human Reproduction 39. Adoption and Fostering Glossary

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Book Synopsis Babies are not simply born—they are made through cultural and social practices. Based on rich empirical work, this book examines the everyday experiences that mark pregnancy in the US today, such as reading pregnancy advice books, showing ultrasound “baby pictures” to friends and co-workers, and decorating the nursery in anticipation of the new arrival. These ordinary practices of pregnancy, the author argues, are significant and revealing creative activities that produce babies. They are the activities through which babies are made important and meaningful in the lives of the women and men awaiting the child’s birth. This book brings into focus a topic that has been overlooked in the scholarship on reproduction and will be of interest to professionals and expectant parents alike.Trade Review “Pregnancy in Practice is a feminist contribution to the anthropology of reproduction in that it explores the quotidian experiences of pregnant women…While her sample is by no means statistically representative of the experiences of American women, the women in her ethnography represent the normative prenatal experience in America. Han successfully demonstrates that the concept of an ‘ordinary’ or ‘norma’ pregnancy is a phantom itself. Because of this work, perhaps we can definitively say that all women have ordinary pregnancies, or perhaps none do.” · Association for Feminist Anthropology Review “Han provides some thought-provoking insights…[and] shows the ability to step back and survey the landscape as a researcher but also to lean in to the experiences of her research subjects…She adeptly navigates the translation of those experiences into a scholarly project and lays the foundation for future work on this topic. Significantly expanding the demographics of our research bases will allow us to move past the era when the white experience still defines the “ordinary” experience for all.” · Journal of the Motherhood Initiative “A particular strength of the book is that Han demonstrates the complex ways that women experience the various practices that are sometimes criticized for prioritizing the fetus, medicine and technology over the mother…[It]offers scholars insight into theorizing the ordinary. At the same time, it is quite accessible to students. It would be an excellent addition to a course on the sociology or anthropology of reproduction.” · Gender & Society “This book will be central to further discussions in the field of reproduction and birth. It is of interest to students and scholars more broadly in economic and medical Anthropology and in the sociology of the family.” · Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale “The author takes an insightful look at an understudied phenomenon: that of ordinary pregnancy. She rightly notes that much scholarship has documented birth and the medicalization of pregnancy. Not enough attention has been paid to the mundane aspects of pregnancy. While an analysis of the quotidian might seem boring, it is when scholars problematize the everyday (the things we take for granted) that new insights are revealed.” · Miranda Waggoner, Princeton UniversityTable of Contents Preface List of Figures Chapter 1. Introduction: Ordinary Pregnancy Chapter 2. Pregnancy as a Literacy Event Chapter 3. Protoconversations of the Heart: Belly Talk Chapter 4. Seeing Like a Family, Looking Like a Baby: Fetal Ultrasound Imaging Chapter 5. “This Body Is No Longer My Own” Chapter 6. Making Rooms for Babies: Houses and Nurseries Chapter 7. Consumption and Communitas: Baby Showers Postpartum Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis As a biological, cultural, and social entity, the human fetus is a multifaceted subject which calls for equally diverse perspectives to fully understand. Anthropology of the Fetus seeks to achieve this by bringing together specialists in biological anthropology, archaeology, and cultural anthropology. Contributors draw on research in prehistoric, historic, and contemporary sites in Europe, Asia, North Africa, and North America to explore the biological and cultural phenomenon of the fetus, raising methodological and theoretical concerns with the ultimate goal of developing a holistic anthropology of the fetus.Trade Review “This volume, offering a breadth of perspectives on the human foetus, appears at an important time. As the editors compellingly show in rich and complex detail, foetuses cannot exist apart from maternal bodies, and efforts to separate the two are further manifestations of the perennial struggle over who controls human reproduction.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI) “This rich collection of work demonstrates that constructs surrounding the beginnings of life are deeply embedded within a specific historical and cultural context. There is no one truth about the foetus or its development, personhood or place in the world. Indeed, it is when we focus on the foetus that our long-held constructs regarding personhood, the life course and the body start to appear shaky, prompting a reconfiguration of the current edifice.” • Childhood in the Past. An International Journal “The Anthropology of the Fetus is a rich and ambitious volume. The contributors draw on cutting-edge research and deep knowledge of their fields to further our understanding of the complex and liminal beings we call fetuses (the definitional subtleties of which are discussed throughout). Needless to say, the volume’s interdisciplinary breadth makes it a valuable resource for both teachers and researchers.” • Medical Anthropology Quarterly “The volume’s contribution to scholarship and methods about fetuses and reproduction is first-rate.” • Anthropos “This is an outstanding collection of articles, all based on original research, giving the volume a fresh feel.” • Eugenia Georges, Rice UniversityTable of Contents Illustrations Acknowledgements Foreword: How/Shall We Consider the Fetus? Rayna Rapp Introduction: Conceiving the Anthropology of the Fetus: An Introduction Sallie Han, Tracy K. Betsinger, and Amy B. Scott PART I: THE FETUS IN BIOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE Chapter 1. The Borderless Fetus: Temporal Complexity of the Lived Fetal Experience Julienne Rutherford Chapter 2. The Biology of the Fetal Period: Interpreting Life from Fetal Skeletal Remains Kathleen Ann Satterlee Blake Chapter 3. Pregnant with Ideas: Concepts of the Fetus in the Twenty-First Century United States Sallie Han PART II: FINDING FETUSES IN THE PAST: ARCHAEOLOGY AND BIOARCHAEOLOGY Chapter 4. The Bioarchaeology of Fetuses Siân E. Halcrow, Nancy Tayles, and Gail E. Elliott Chapter 5. Fetal Paleopathology: An Impossible Discipline? Mary E. Lewis Chapter 6. The Neolithic Infant Cemetery at Gebel Ramlah in Egypt’s Western Desert Jacek Kabaciński, Agnieszka Czekaj-Zastawny, and Joel D. Irish Chapter 7. Excavating Identity: Burial Context and Fetal Identity in Post-Medieval Poland Amy B. Scott and Tracy K. Betsinger 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 Risa D. Cromer Chapter 9. Deploying the Fetus: Constructing Pregnancy and Abortion in Morocco Jessica Marie Newman Chapter 10. Beyond Life Itself: The Embedded Fetuses of Russian Orthodox Anti-Abortion Activism Sonja Luehrmann Chapter 11. The “Sound” of Life: Or How Should We Hear a Fetal “Voice”? Rebecca Howes-Mischel Conclusion Tracy K. Betsinger, Amy B. Scott, and Sallie Han Glossary Index

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Book Synopsis As a biological, cultural, and social entity, the human fetus is a multifaceted subject which calls for equally diverse perspectives to fully understand. Anthropology of the Fetus seeks to achieve this by bringing together specialists in biological anthropology, archaeology, and cultural anthropology. Contributors draw on research in prehistoric, historic, and contemporary sites in Europe, Asia, North Africa, and North America to explore the biological and cultural phenomenon of the fetus, raising methodological and theoretical concerns with the ultimate goal of developing a holistic anthropology of the fetus.Trade Review “This volume, offering a breadth of perspectives on the human foetus, appears at an important time. As the editors compellingly show in rich and complex detail, foetuses cannot exist apart from maternal bodies, and efforts to separate the two are further manifestations of the perennial struggle over who controls human reproduction.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI) “This rich collection of work demonstrates that constructs surrounding the beginnings of life are deeply embedded within a specific historical and cultural context. There is no one truth about the foetus or its development, personhood or place in the world. Indeed, it is when we focus on the foetus that our long-held constructs regarding personhood, the life course and the body start to appear shaky, prompting a reconfiguration of the current edifice.” • Childhood in the Past. An International Journal “The Anthropology of the Fetus is a rich and ambitious volume. The contributors draw on cutting-edge research and deep knowledge of their fields to further our understanding of the complex and liminal beings we call fetuses (the definitional subtleties of which are discussed throughout). Needless to say, the volume’s interdisciplinary breadth makes it a valuable resource for both teachers and researchers.” • Medical Anthropology Quarterly “The volume’s contribution to scholarship and methods about fetuses and reproduction is first-rate.” • Anthropos “This is an outstanding collection of articles, all based on original research, giving the volume a fresh feel.” • Eugenia Georges, Rice UniversityTable of Contents Illustrations Acknowledgements Foreword: How/Shall We Consider the Fetus? Rayna Rapp Introduction: Conceiving the Anthropology of the Fetus: An Introduction Sallie Han, Tracy K. Betsinger, and Amy B. Scott PART I: THE FETUS IN BIOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE Chapter 1. The Borderless Fetus: Temporal Complexity of the Lived Fetal Experience Julienne Rutherford Chapter 2. The Biology of the Fetal Period: Interpreting Life from Fetal Skeletal Remains Kathleen Ann Satterlee Blake Chapter 3. Pregnant with Ideas: Concepts of the Fetus in the Twenty-First Century United States Sallie Han PART II: FINDING FETUSES IN THE PAST: ARCHAEOLOGY AND BIOARCHAEOLOGY Chapter 4. The Bioarchaeology of Fetuses Siân E. Halcrow, Nancy Tayles, and Gail E. Elliott Chapter 5. Fetal Paleopathology: An Impossible Discipline? Mary E. Lewis Chapter 6. The Neolithic Infant Cemetery at Gebel Ramlah in Egypt’s Western Desert Jacek Kabaciński, Agnieszka Czekaj-Zastawny, and Joel D. Irish Chapter 7. Excavating Identity: Burial Context and Fetal Identity in Post-Medieval Poland Amy B. Scott and Tracy K. Betsinger 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 Risa D. Cromer Chapter 9. Deploying the Fetus: Constructing Pregnancy and Abortion in Morocco Jessica Marie Newman Chapter 10. Beyond Life Itself: The Embedded Fetuses of Russian Orthodox Anti-Abortion Activism Sonja Luehrmann Chapter 11. The “Sound” of Life: Or How Should We Hear a Fetal “Voice”? Rebecca Howes-Mischel Conclusion Tracy K. Betsinger, Amy B. Scott, and Sallie Han Glossary Index

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