Cultural Perspectives on Reproductive Health [Hardcover]

This volume explores the connections between reproductive health and culture, focusing on two broad questions: How does culture shape the ways in which reproductive events are associated with health outcomes? And to what extent does the notion of reproductive health have relevance in different circumstances and cultures?

1.1. PROFESSIONAL AND LAY MODELS OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, ILLNESS AND THERAPYWEAKNESS ('ASHAKTAPANA') AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AMONG WOMEN IN A SLUM POPULATION IN MUMBAI,Radhika Ramasubban and Bhanwar Singh
2. NUTRITION AND REPRODUCTION: THE SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT OF FOOD BEHAVIOR IN RURAL SOUTH INDIA,Inge Hutter
3. 'RARIU DOESN'T RHYME WITH WESTERN MEDICINE': LAY BELIEFS AND ILLNESS NETWORKS IN KENYA,Nancy Luke, Ina Warriner, and Susan Watkins
4. OBSTACLES TO INFERTILITY TREATMENT IN EGYPT: CULTURAL AND CLASS-BASED CONSTRAINTS TO UTILIZATION OF NEW REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES,Marcia Inhorn
5. VULNERABILITY, PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTIC USE, HARM REDUCTION, AND THE MISGUIDED APPROPRIATION OF MEDICAL RESOURCES: THE CASE OF STDS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA,Mark Nichter
6.2. DISCOURSE, PRACTICE, AND REPRODUCTIVE CHOICESCHINA'S MISSING GIRLS: CHANGING CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROBLEM IN CHINESE POPULATION DISCOURSE,Susan Greenhalgh
7. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH COUNSELING IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN: THE ROLE OF WOMEN MULLAHS,Homa Hoodfar
8. ABORTION IN EGYPT: OFFICIAL CONSTRAINTS AND POPULAR PRACTICES,Dale Huntington
9. THE REPRODUCTIVE CONSEQUENCES OF SHIFTING ETHNIC IDENTITY IN SOUTH AFRICA,Deborah James and Carol E. Kaufman
10. CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE MAKING OF WOMEN'S HEALTH POLICY: THE CASE OF SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS IN THE UNITED STATES,Nora Jacobson
11.3. CULTURE, REPRODUCTION, AND RIGHTSTHE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF MARITAL VIOLENCE IN AN INDIAN AREA OF MEXICO,Soledad GonzaleslC´