Navigating miscarriage : social, medical and conceptual perspectives
Susie Kilshaw (Editor), Katie Borg (Editor)
"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"-- Provided by publisher
Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality, v. 45, volume 45
1 online resource (viii, 243 pages)
9781789206647, 1789206642
1130328039
Print version:
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