Contraception across Cultures - Technologies, Choices, Constraints (Paperback)

Contraception is an issue of considerable concern to a great many heterosexually active people. Yet the impact of contraceptive technologies in the world today, in particular their implications for kinship, gender relations, and other aspects of social life, receives relatively little scholarly attention.
This book brings a new perspective to the study of contraception, by collecting together in one volume leading experts in the fields of contraception, family planning and reproductive health. Contributors look at the social, economic, political and cultural contexts in which contraceptive providers and recipients make decisions about whether and what forms of contraception to use. User perspectives (whether those of recipients or providers of contraceptive services) are taken seriously, as are the perspectives of policy-makers and development experts. With its in-depth, case-study approach, this challenging book will appeal to practitioners and planners in the fields of family planning and reproductive health, as well as to students and academics of applied and medical anthropology, health studies, gender and development studies, or anyone interested in the social, cultural and ethical issues raised by contraceptive technologies.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women
Release date:	April 2000
First published:	2000
Editors:	Andrew Russell • Elisa J. Sobo • Mary Thompson
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	266
ISBN-13:	978-1-85973-386-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > Birth control, contraception, family planning
LSN:	1-85973-386-7
Barcode:	9781859733868

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