The Anthropology of the Fetus : : Biology, Culture, and Society / / ed. by Sallie Han, Amy B. Scott, Tracy K. Betsinger.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Betsinger, Tracy K.,; Cromer, Risa D.,; Czekaj-Zastawny, Agnieszka,; Elliott, Gail E.,; Halcrow, Siân E.,; Han, Sallie,; Howes-Mischel, Rebecca,; Irish, Joel D.,; Kabaciński, Jacek,; Lewis, Mary E.,; Luehrmann, Sonja,; Newman, Jessica Marie,; Rapp, Rayna,; Rutherford, Julienne,; Satterlee Blake, Kathleen Ann,; Scott, Amy B.,; Tayles, Nancy,
• HerausgeberIn: Betsinger, Tracy K.,; Han, Sallie,; Scott, Amy B.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives ; 37
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (316 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword. How/Shall We Consider the Fetus? -- Introduction. Conceiving the Anthropology of the Fetus -- PART I: The Fetus in Biosocial Perspective -- Chapter 1. The Borderless Fetus: Temporal Complexity of the Lived Fetal Experience -- Chapter 2. The Biology of the Fetal Period: Interpreting Life from Fetal Skeletal Remains -- Chapter 3. Pregnant with Ideas: Concepts of the Fetus in the Twenty-First-Century United States -- PART II: Finding Fetuses in the Past: Archaeology and Bioarchaeology -- Chapter 4. The Bioarchaeology of Fetuses -- Chapter 5. Fetal Paleopathology: An Impossible Discipline? -- Chapter 6. The Neolithic Infant Cemetery at Gebel Ramlah in Egypt’s Western Desert -- Chapter 7. Excavating Identity: Burial Context and Fetal Identity in Postmedieval Poland -- 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 -- Chapter 9. Deploying the Fetus: Constructing Pregnancy and Abortion in Morocco -- Chapter 10. Beyond Life Itself: The Embedded Fetuses of Russian Orthodox Anti-Abortion Activism -- Chapter 11. The “Sound” of Life: Or, How Should We Hear a Fetal “Voice”? -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Index