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The Politics of Reproductive Ritual

Author : Jeffery M. Paige
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520311736
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Book Synopsis The Politics of Reproductive Ritual by : Jeffery M. Paige

Download or read book The Politics of Reproductive Ritual written by Jeffery M. Paige and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A welcome addition. They argue that rituals of reproduction in preindustrial societies are essentially political. In these societies, they say, men need to control the reproductive power of women in order to establish political power; where there is no law or central government, ritual is used as a way of gaining control. The type of ritual will vary, they conclude, according to the economic base of the society. . . .for those whoa re interested in the subject, this book is indispensable. Its thesis is challenging and the documentation is excellent. Paige and Paige have mad ean essential contribution to a long debate, and their theory is sure to stir new and lively controversy." --Science Digest This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.

Reproductive Rituals

Author : Angus McLaren
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000026884
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reproductive Rituals written by Angus McLaren and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1984 Reproductive Ritual examines fertility and re-production in pre-industrial England. The book discusses both through anthropological research and reviews of contemporary literature that conscious family limitation was practised before the nineteenth century. The volume describes a surprising number of rules, regulations, taboos, injunctions, charms and herbal remedies used to affect pregnancy, and shows the extent to which individual women and men were concerned with controlling the size of their families. The fertility levels in England – as in Western Europe as a whole – were a very long way from the biological maximum in these centuries, and the book discusses the various reasons why this was so. The book reviews traditional ideas concerning the relationship between procreation and pleasure, drawn from a range of contemporary sources and discusses ways in which earlier generations sought both to promote and limit fertility. The book also examines abortion and shows how much evidence there is for its actual practice during the period and of traditional views towards it. This book provides a detailed understanding of historical attitudes towards conception family planning in pre-industrial England.

Reproductive Rituals

Author : Angus McLaren
Publisher : London ; New York, NY : Methuen
ISBN 13 : 9780416374605
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book Reproductive Rituals written by Angus McLaren and published by London ; New York, NY : Methuen. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the family and of family size and structure in pre-industrial England has attracted a great deal of research, much concerned with fertility and morality levels. There has been an assumption that fertility during the period was uncontrolled, but in this persuasive and perceptive study Angus McLaren shows both from anthropological research and form an impressive review of contemporary literature that conscious family limitation must have been practiced before the nineteenth century.

The Reproductive Unconscious in Late Medieval and Early Modern England

Author : Jennifer Wynne Hellwarth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136720855
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Book Synopsis The Reproductive Unconscious in Late Medieval and Early Modern England by : Jennifer Wynne Hellwarth

Download or read book The Reproductive Unconscious in Late Medieval and Early Modern England written by Jennifer Wynne Hellwarth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing together social and medical history and literary studies, The Reproductive Unconscious in Late Medieval and Early Modern England studies the social practices and metaphorical representations of childbirth in medieval and early modern texts and argues for the existence of a reproductive unconscious. Discussing midwifery treatises, obstetrical and gynecological manuals, and devotional texts written for or by women, the author illustrates the ways in which medieval and early modern men and women negotiated a conflict between the ideological and material need of the culture for them to procreate, and an ideological injunction that they remain virginal and non-procreative.

The Pregnant Goddess

Author : Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1507213840
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (72 download)

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Book Synopsis The Pregnant Goddess by : Arin Murphy-Hiscock

Download or read book The Pregnant Goddess written by Arin Murphy-Hiscock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embrace the divine feminine power of the Mother Goddess and learn how to spiritually prepare for pregnancy with this guide to Pagan rituals, meditations, and traditions for every milestone over the next nine months! As you make the transition from maiden to mother, you fully embody the Mother Goddess. Embark on this sacred journey with this complete guide including special mediations, affirmations, and rituals designed to help you attune to the divine energies of childbearing. The Pregnant Goddess teaches you how to: -Prepare spiritually for pregnancy by attuning to your emotional and physical cycle -Conduct rituals to aide in conception, safe pregnancy, and easy delivery -Practice responsible magic during these critical nine moths -Deal with unexpected delivery developments The Pregnant Goddess is the perfect companion as you embark on the most magnificent and magical journey of your life!

Managing Reproductive Life

Author : Soraya Tremayne
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781571815002
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Managing Reproductive Life written by Soraya Tremayne and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1999, the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford held a workshop on the social dynamics of human reproduction. This volume contains 12 papers from scholars in Britain and the U.S. that were originally presented at that workshop. Topics include, for example, motherhood among young prostitutes in Thailand, the meaning of children in Hong Kong, and the reproductive health of refugees. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Theorizing Rituals, Volume 2: Annotated Bibliography of Ritual Theory, 1966-2005

Author : Jens Kreinath
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047421825
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Book Synopsis Theorizing Rituals, Volume 2: Annotated Bibliography of Ritual Theory, 1966-2005 by : Jens Kreinath

Download or read book Theorizing Rituals, Volume 2: Annotated Bibliography of Ritual Theory, 1966-2005 written by Jens Kreinath and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-09-30 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume two of Theorizing Rituals mainly consists of an annotated bibliography of more than 400 items covering those books, edited volumes and essays that are considered most relevant for the field of ritual theory.

Divine Fertility

Author : Sada Mire
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429769245
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Divine Fertility written by Sada Mire and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uniquely explores the impact of indigenous ideology and thought on everyday life in Northeast Africa. Furthermore, in highlighting the diversity in pre-Christian, pre-Islamic regional beliefs and practices that extend beyond the simplistic political arguments of the current dominant narratives, the study shows that for millennia complex indigenous institutions have bound people together beyond the labels of Christianity and Islam; they have sustained peace through cultural exchange and tolerance (if not always complete acceptance). Through recent archaeological and ethnographic research, the concepts, landscapes, materials and rituals believed to be associated with the indigenous and shared culture of the Sky-God belief are examined. The author makes sense, for the first time, of the relationship between the notion of sacred fertility and a number of regional archaeological features and on-going ancient practices including FGM, spirit possessions, and other physically invasive practices and the ritual hunt. The book explores one of the most important pilgrimage centres in Somaliland and Somalia, the sacred landscape of Saint Aw-Barkhadle, founded ca. 12th century AD. It is believed to be the burial place of the rulers of the first Muslim Ifat and Awdal dynasties in this region, and potentially the lost first capital of Awdal kingdom before Harar. This ritual centre is seen as a ‘microcosm’ of the ancient Horn of Africa with its exceptional multi-religious heritage, through which the author lays out a locally appropriate archaeological interpretational framework, the "Ritual Set," also applied here to the Ethiopian sites of Tiya, Sheikh Hussein Bale, Aksum and Lalibela, setting these places against a wider historical background of indigenous Sky-God belief. This archaeological study of sacred landscapes, stelae traditions, ancient Christian and medieval Muslim centres of Northeast Africa is the first to put forward a theoretical and analytical framework for the interpretation of the shared regional heritage and the indigenous archaeology of the region. It will be invaluable to archaeologists, anthropologists, historians and policymakers interested in Africa and beyond.

Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309048974
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa by : National Research Council

Download or read book Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This examination of changes in adolescent fertility emphasizes the changing social context within which adolescent childbearing takes place.

Exposing Men

Author : Cynthia R. Daniels
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190287462
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Exposing Men written by Cynthia R. Daniels and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-31 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exposing Men examines how ideals of masculinity have long skewed our societal--and scientific--understanding of one of the pillars of male identity: reproductive health. Only with the recent public exposure of men's reproductive troubles has the health of the male body been thrown into question, and along with it deeper masculine ideals. Whereas once men's sexual and reproductive abilities were the most taboo of topics, today erectile dysfunction is a multi-billion dollar business, and magazine articles trumpet male reproductive decline with headlines such as "You're Half the Man Your Father Was." Cynthia R. Daniels casts a gimlet eye on our world of plummeting sperm counts, spiking reproductive cancers, sperm banks, and pharmacological cures for impotence in order to assess the true state of male health. What she finds is male reproductive systems damaged by toxins and war, and proof piling up that men through sperm, pass on harm to the children they father. Yet, despite the evidence that men's health, as much as women's, significantly affects the vitality of their offspring, Daniels also sees a society holding on to outdated assumptions, one in which men ignore blatant health risks as they struggle to live up to antiquated ideas of manliness.

Reproductive Life: Advances in Research in Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Author : K. Wijma
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781850704461
Total Pages : 728 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Reproductive Life: Advances in Research in Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology written by K. Wijma and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1992-05-15 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ritual and Conflict: The Social Relations of Childbirth in Early Modern England

Author : Adrian Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317062507
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Ritual and Conflict: The Social Relations of Childbirth in Early Modern England by : Adrian Wilson

Download or read book Ritual and Conflict: The Social Relations of Childbirth in Early Modern England written by Adrian Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book places childbirth in early-modern England within a wider network of social institutions and relationships. Starting with illegitimacy - the violation of the marital norm - it proceeds through marriage to the wider gender-order and so to the ’ceremony of childbirth’, the popular ritual through which women collectively controlled this, the pivotal event in their lives. Focussing on the seventeenth century, but ranging from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, this study offers a new viewpoint on such themes as the patriarchal family, the significance of illegitimacy, and the structuring of gender-relations in the period.

Quest for Conception

Author : Marcia C. Inhorn
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812215281
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book Quest for Conception written by Marcia C. Inhorn and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1994-08 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Quest for Conception, Marcia C. Inhorn portrays the poignant struggles of poor, urban Egyptian women and their attempts to overcome infertility. The author draws upon fifteen months of fieldwork in urban Egypt to present moving stories of infertile Muslim women whose tumultuous medical pilgrimages have yet to produce the desired pregnancies. Inhorn examines the devastating impact of infertility on the lives of these women, who are threatened with divorce by their husbands, harassed by their husbands' families, and ostracized by neighbors.

A History of Infanticide in Britain, c. 1600 to the Present

Author : A. Kilday
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137349123
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Book Synopsis A History of Infanticide in Britain, c. 1600 to the Present by : A. Kilday

Download or read book A History of Infanticide in Britain, c. 1600 to the Present written by A. Kilday and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The killing of new-born children is an intensely emotional and emotive subject. The hidden nature of this crime has made it an area incredibly difficult subject area for historians to approach up until now. This work provides the first detailed history of infanticide in mainland Britain from 1600 to the modern era.

An Intimate Rebuke

Author : Laura S. Grillo
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 1478002638
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book An Intimate Rebuke written by Laura S. Grillo and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout West African societies, at times of social crises, postmenopausal women—the Mothers—make a ritual appeal to their innate moral authority. The seat of this power is the female genitalia. Wielding branches or pestles, they strip naked and slap their genitals and bare breasts to curse and expel the forces of evil. In An Intimate Rebuke Laura S. Grillo draws on fieldwork in Côte d’Ivoire that spans three decades to illustrate how these rituals of Female Genital Power (FGP) constitute religious and political responses to abuses of power. When deployed in secret, FGP operates as spiritual warfare against witchcraft; in public, it serves as a political activism. During Côte d’Ivoire’s civil wars FGP challenged the immoral forces of both rebels and the state. Grillo shows how the ritual potency of the Mothers’ nudity and the conjuration of their sex embodies a moral power that has been foundational to West African civilization. Highlighting the remarkable continuity of the practice across centuries while foregrounding the timeliness of FGP in contemporary political resistance, Grillo shifts perspectives on West African history, ethnography, comparative religious studies, and postcolonial studies.

Women, Rites, and Ritual Objects in Premodern Japan

Author : Karen M. Gerhart
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004368191
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Women, Rites, and Ritual Objects in Premodern Japan written by Karen M. Gerhart and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women, Rites, and Ritual Objects in Premodern Japan seeks to expand our understanding of the roles women played in rituals, how particular rituals were carried out, what types of implements or icons accompanied them, and how various ritual objects were used.

Priestess, Mother, Sacred Sister

Author : Susan Starr Sered
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195355784
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Priestess, Mother, Sacred Sister written by Susan Starr Sered and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-04-11 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion is often denounced as one of the tools used by patriarchal societies to maintain the status quo, and especially to persuade women to accept subordinate roles. This does not explain, however, the existence of many religious groups in which women are both leaders and the majority of participants. How are these women's religions different from those dominated by men? What can we learn from them about the special ways in which women experience their unique reality? In this fascinating and pathbreaking work--the first comparative study of women's religions--Susan Starr Sered seeks answers to these compelling questions. Looking for common threads linking groups as diverse as the ancestral cults of the Black Caribs of Belize, Korean shamanism, Christian Science, and the Feminist Spirituality movement, Sered finds that motherhood and motherly concerns play a vital role in these female-dominated groups. Nurturing and concern for others are at the center, as are healing arts and ways of dealing with illness and the death of children. Religion not only enables women to find sacred meaning in their daily lives, from the preparation of food to caring for their families, but an offer intense and personal relationships with deities and spirits--often through ecstatic possession trance--as well as opportunities to celebrate and mourn with other women. By examining the shared experiences of women across great cultural divides, Priestess, Mother, Sacred Sister offers a new understanding of the role gender plays in determining how individuals grapple with the ultimate questions of existence. In the process, it not only highlights the profound differences between men and women, but the equally important ways in which we are all alike.