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Main description:
Miscarriage is a significant women's health issue. Research has consistently shown that one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage. This collected volume explores miscarriage in diverse historical and cultural settings with contributions from anthropologists, historians and medical professionals. Contributors use rich ethnographic and historical material to discuss how pregnancy loss is managed and negotiated in a range of societies. The book considers meanings attached to miscarriage and how religious, cultural, medical and legal forces impact the way miscarriage is experienced and perceived.
Contents:
Introduction: Ambiguities and Navigations
Susie Kilshaw
Chapter 1. Does Twenty-First-Century Technology Change the Experience of Early Pregnancy and Miscarriage?
Pedro Melo and Ingrid Granne
Chapter 2. The Meanings of Miscarriage in Twentieth-Century Britain
Rosemary Elliot
Chapter 3. Alleviating the Ambiguities Around Miscarriage: Discursive Tactics in Cameroon and Romania
Erica van der Sijpt
Chapter 4. Some Babies Cannot be Stopped from Falling: Miscarriage in Pakistani Punjab
Kaveri Qureshi
Chapter 5. God's Design; Thwarted Plans: Women's Experience of Miscarriage in Qatar and England
Susie Kilshaw
Chapter 6. 'It Felt like the Longest Time of my Life': Using Foetal Dopplers at Home to Manage Anxiety about Miscarriage
Aimee Middlemiss
Chapter 7. Miscarriages and its Resulting Losses during Commercial Surrogacy in India
Sayani Mitra
Chapter 8. Unwitnessed Ceremonies: Funeral Services for Pre-24-Week Pregnancy Losses in England
Karolina Kuberska
Conclusions
Susie Kilshaw
Index
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication date: February, 2023
Pages: 252
Weight: 652g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: General Issues
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