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This volume explores what phenomenology adds to the enterprise of
anthropology, drawing on and contributing to a burgeoning field of
social science research inspired by the phenomenological tradition
in philosophy. Essays by leading scholars ground their discussions
of theory and method in richly detailed ethnographic case studies.
The contributors broaden the application of phenomenology in
anthropology beyond the areas in which it has been most
influential—studies of sensory perception, emotion, bodiliness,
and intersubjectivity—into new areas of inquiry such as martial
arts, sports, dance, music, and political discourse.
This volume explores what phenomenology adds to the enterprise of
anthropology, drawing on and contributing to a burgeoning field of
social science research inspired by the phenomenological tradition
in philosophy. Essays by leading scholars ground their discussions
of theory and method in richly detailed ethnographic case studies.
The contributors broaden the application of phenomenology in
anthropology beyond the areas in which it has been most
influential-studies of sensory perception, emotion, bodiliness, and
intersubjectivity-into new areas of inquiry such as martial arts,
sports, dance, music, and political discourse.
Feminist theories have often focused on contemporary, Western,
middle-class experiences of maternity. This volume brings other
mothers, from Asia and the Pacific, into scholarly view, aiming to
show that birthing and mothering can be a very different experience
for women in other parts of the world. The contributors document a
wide variety of conceptions of motherhood, and drawing on
ethnographic and historical research, they explore the
relationships between motherhood as embodied experience and the
local discourses on maternity. They show how the experience of
motherhood has been influenced by missionaries, by colonial
policies, and by the introduction of Western medicine and
biomedical birthing methods, and raise important questions about
the costs and benefits of becoming a modern mother in these
societies.
Many have written about the way in which a "family romance"
connects embodied daily life with the imagined community of the
nation, and naturalizes the nation so that it appears not as a
novel, fragile contingent creation, but as something ancient,
robust and real. This book goes beyond such metaphoric associations
of families and nations by looking at the central significance of
planning families to promoting state development. It also considers
the way that state power is accommodated and resisted, complicit
with and contested by other powers grounded in relations of
kinship, ethnicity, religion, and class.
Through an exploration of richly varied national histories, the
authors highlight the common recurring intimacies between marking
the borders of states and remolding the bodies of women as
reproductive citizens. The tensions between past and present,
between local, national and international concerns, and between men
and women's interests in reproduction are all graphically
revealed.
Surveying the relationship between the emerging models of
citizenship and state population projects in several Asian
states--India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and the
Pacific states of Papua New Guinea, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and
Vanuatu--"Borders of Being" will attract readers in the several
disciplines of anthropology, demography, and history as well as the
cross disciplinary fields of gender and development studies.
Margaret Jolly is Professor and Convenor of the Gender Relations
Project, Australian National University. Kalpana Ram is Research
Fellow, Australian Research Council, Macquarie University.
Many have written about the way in which a "family romance"
connects embodied daily life with the imagined community of the
nation, and naturalizes the nation so that it appears not as a
novel, fragile contingent creation, but as something ancient,
robust and real. This book goes beyond such metaphoric associations
of families and nations by looking at the central significance of
planning families to promoting state development. It also considers
the way that state power is accommodated and resisted, complicit
with and contested by other powers grounded in relations of
kinship, ethnicity, religion, and class.
Through an exploration of richly varied national histories, the
authors highlight the common recurring intimacies between marking
the borders of states and remolding the bodies of women as
reproductive citizens. The tensions between past and present,
between local, national and international concerns, and between men
and women's interests in reproduction are all graphically
revealed.
Surveying the relationship between the emerging models of
citizenship and state population projects in several Asian
states--India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and the
Pacific states of Papua New Guinea, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and
Vanuatu--"Borders of Being" will attract readers in the several
disciplines of anthropology, demography, and history as well as the
cross disciplinary fields of gender and development studies.
Margaret Jolly is Professor and Convenor of the Gender Relations
Project, Australian National University. Kalpana Ram is Research
Fellow, Australian Research Council, Macquarie University.
Feminist theories have focused on contemporary, Western, experiences of maternity. This volume shows that birthing and mothering can be a very different experience for women in other parts of the world. The contributors document a wide variety of conceptions of motherhood in Asia and the Pacific, revealing how the experience of motherhood has been influenced by missionaries, colonial policies, and the introduction of Western medicine and biomedical birthing methods. They raise important questions about the costs and benefits of becoming a modern mother in these societies.
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