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Social Science & Medicine, May 1, 2003
For Malian women, migration from West Africa to France has disrupted widely shared understandings... more For Malian women, migration from West Africa to France has disrupted widely shared understandings of marriage and reproduction. In response to restrictive immigration policies, men and women routinely confront the challenges of polygamy, public disapproval of high fertility, and biomedical messages promoting contraception. Although many Malians continue to be strongly pronatalist, within a family, spouses may experience contradictory pressures and objectives regarding reproduction, particularly in polygamous marriages. Because women are more likely than men to interact with nurses and doctors in the context of maternity and child health care visits, they are systematically confronted by encouragement to contracept. French population policy is contradictory in this regard, as it has been strongly pronatalist throughout the 20th century, yet is equally strongly anti-natalist with regard to immigrant populations. Recent anti-immigrant policies such as the Pasqua law prohibiting polygamy have emerged as influences shaping men's and women's contested reproductive goals. Men tend to oppose contraception, citing Islamic doctrine while women increasingly justify contraceptive use in response to government policies and biomedical encouragement. In contrast, polygamy also may generate pregnancy rivalries as wives strategize to enhance their reproductive careers and thus to retain immigrant status.
American Ethnologist, 1988
Introduction by Carolyn F. Sargent and Thomas M. Johnson Theoretical Perspectives The Therapeutic... more Introduction by Carolyn F. Sargent and Thomas M. Johnson Theoretical Perspectives The Therapeutic Process by Thomas J. Csordas and Arthur Kleinman Political Economy in Medical Anthropology by Soheir Morsy A Critical-Interpretive Approach in Medical Anthropology: Rituals and Routines of Discipline and Dissent by Margaret Lock and Nancy Scheper-Hughes Emotion and Psychopathology by Janis H. Jenkins Clinically Applied Anthropology by Noel J. Chrisman and Thomas M. Johnson Medical Systems Ethnomedicine by Arthur J. Rubel and Michael R. Hass Ethnopsychiatry by Charles C. Hughes Ethnopharmacology: The Conjunction of Medical Ethnography and the Biology of Therapeutic Action by Nina L. Etkin Studying Biomedicine as a Cultural System by Lorna Amarasingham Rhodes Health Issues in Human Populations Disease, Ecology, and Human Behavior by Peter J. Brown, Marcia C. Inhorn, and Daniel J. Smith Anthropology and Studies of Human Reproduction by Carole H. Browner and Carolyn F. Sargent Alcohol and Drug Studies by Linda A. Bennett and Paul W. Cook, Jr. Culture, Stress, and Disease by William W. Dressler Nutrition in Medical Anthropology by Sara A. Quandt Methods in Medical Anthropology Research Designs in Medical Anthropology by Pertti J. Pelto and Gretel H. Pelto Epidemiology and Medical Anthropology by William R. True Policy and Advocacy Bioethics in Anthropology by Patricia Marshall and Barbara Koenig Professionalization of Indigenous Healers by Murray Last International Health and Development by Sandra S. Lane and Robert A. Rubinstein References Index
American Anthropologist, 1985
The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology, 2018
The Cultural Context of Therapeutic Choice, 1982
Although all women are expected to have a general competence with reproductive disorders, pregnan... more Although all women are expected to have a general competence with reproductive disorders, pregnancy and delivery, certain women specialize in treatment problems associated with such conditions. Via this route, women may acquire renown and respect which are usually the province of men. In order to understand the significance of midwifery as a female professional specialization, it is necessary to consider first the implications of being a healer in Bariba society and then, specifically, the categorization, position, and functions of the midwife.
American Anthropologist, 1992
East African medical journal, 1986
L'incidence d'un poids de naissance faible parmi 1604 enfants nes entre 1970 et 77 a ete ... more L'incidence d'un poids de naissance faible parmi 1604 enfants nes entre 1970 et 77 a ete de 21,9%. Le pourcentage de ces enfants varie avec la profession du pere et la distance de residence de la clinique obstetricale. Ni le mois ni la saison de la naissance n'ont paru avoir une influence significative sur le poids a la naissance. Les variations de l'utilisation de la prophylaxie du paludisme, plutot que les facteurs nutritionnels, constituent l'explication la plus probable de la relation entre le poids a la naissance et l'etat socio-economique
The Cultural Context of Therapeutic Choice, 1982
Perhaps the most illustrative approach to detailing the nature of the acceptable “range of therap... more Perhaps the most illustrative approach to detailing the nature of the acceptable “range of therapeutic alternatives” is to present several cases of client-practitioner encounters. These cases will highlight some techniques, practices and concepts common to Bariba midwifery and will give an indication of the birth setting as well as of the characteristics of the relationship between the woman who is delivering and the matrone.
Annual Review of Anthropology, 2011
Globalization, including the global flows of people, is clearly linked to disease transmission an... more Globalization, including the global flows of people, is clearly linked to disease transmission and vulnerability to health risks among immigrant populations. Anthropological research on transnational migration and health documents the implications of population movements for health and well-being. Studies of immigrant health reveal the importance of the social, political, and economic production of distress and disease as well as the structures and dynamics that produce particular patterns of access to health services. This review points to underlying political, economic, and social structures that produce particular patterns of health and disease among transnational migrants. Both critical and phenomenological analyses explore ideas of alterity and community, which underlie the production and management of immigrant health. Research on immigrant health underscores the importance of further attention to policies of entitlement and exclusion, which ultimately determine health vulnera...
Social Science & Medicine. Part B: Medical Anthropology, 1979
Medical Anthropology Newsletter, 1976
Social Science & Medicine, 1984
Bariba of Benin idealize stoicism in response to pain. Analysis of the conceptualization of pain ... more Bariba of Benin idealize stoicism in response to pain. Analysis of the conceptualization of pain in Bariba thought indicates that an appropriate response to pain is considered intrinsic to Bariba identity. The Bariba example offers data illuminating the pain response and detailing the implications of urbanization and industrialization for this facet of ethnicity. The subject of pain elicits from informants a cognitive map of honor and shame, rather than discussion of pain per se. Features of the socialization process. particularly circumcision and clitoridectomy, signal courage and honour as crucial values and provide a basis for the Bariba perspective towards pain.
Reviews in Anthropology, 1992
... She observes that environments in which women work present important risks to health; more ge... more ... She observes that environments in which women work present important risks to health; more generally, occupational health haz-ards are probably understated for both sexes. ... Rapp, Rayna 1988a Chromosomes and Communication: The Discourse of Genetic Counseling. ...
Social Science & Medicine, May 1, 2003
For Malian women, migration from West Africa to France has disrupted widely shared understandings... more For Malian women, migration from West Africa to France has disrupted widely shared understandings of marriage and reproduction. In response to restrictive immigration policies, men and women routinely confront the challenges of polygamy, public disapproval of high fertility, and biomedical messages promoting contraception. Although many Malians continue to be strongly pronatalist, within a family, spouses may experience contradictory pressures and objectives regarding reproduction, particularly in polygamous marriages. Because women are more likely than men to interact with nurses and doctors in the context of maternity and child health care visits, they are systematically confronted by encouragement to contracept. French population policy is contradictory in this regard, as it has been strongly pronatalist throughout the 20th century, yet is equally strongly anti-natalist with regard to immigrant populations. Recent anti-immigrant policies such as the Pasqua law prohibiting polygamy have emerged as influences shaping men's and women's contested reproductive goals. Men tend to oppose contraception, citing Islamic doctrine while women increasingly justify contraceptive use in response to government policies and biomedical encouragement. In contrast, polygamy also may generate pregnancy rivalries as wives strategize to enhance their reproductive careers and thus to retain immigrant status.
American Ethnologist, 1988
Introduction by Carolyn F. Sargent and Thomas M. Johnson Theoretical Perspectives The Therapeutic... more Introduction by Carolyn F. Sargent and Thomas M. Johnson Theoretical Perspectives The Therapeutic Process by Thomas J. Csordas and Arthur Kleinman Political Economy in Medical Anthropology by Soheir Morsy A Critical-Interpretive Approach in Medical Anthropology: Rituals and Routines of Discipline and Dissent by Margaret Lock and Nancy Scheper-Hughes Emotion and Psychopathology by Janis H. Jenkins Clinically Applied Anthropology by Noel J. Chrisman and Thomas M. Johnson Medical Systems Ethnomedicine by Arthur J. Rubel and Michael R. Hass Ethnopsychiatry by Charles C. Hughes Ethnopharmacology: The Conjunction of Medical Ethnography and the Biology of Therapeutic Action by Nina L. Etkin Studying Biomedicine as a Cultural System by Lorna Amarasingham Rhodes Health Issues in Human Populations Disease, Ecology, and Human Behavior by Peter J. Brown, Marcia C. Inhorn, and Daniel J. Smith Anthropology and Studies of Human Reproduction by Carole H. Browner and Carolyn F. Sargent Alcohol and Drug Studies by Linda A. Bennett and Paul W. Cook, Jr. Culture, Stress, and Disease by William W. Dressler Nutrition in Medical Anthropology by Sara A. Quandt Methods in Medical Anthropology Research Designs in Medical Anthropology by Pertti J. Pelto and Gretel H. Pelto Epidemiology and Medical Anthropology by William R. True Policy and Advocacy Bioethics in Anthropology by Patricia Marshall and Barbara Koenig Professionalization of Indigenous Healers by Murray Last International Health and Development by Sandra S. Lane and Robert A. Rubinstein References Index
American Anthropologist, 1985
The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology, 2018
The Cultural Context of Therapeutic Choice, 1982
Although all women are expected to have a general competence with reproductive disorders, pregnan... more Although all women are expected to have a general competence with reproductive disorders, pregnancy and delivery, certain women specialize in treatment problems associated with such conditions. Via this route, women may acquire renown and respect which are usually the province of men. In order to understand the significance of midwifery as a female professional specialization, it is necessary to consider first the implications of being a healer in Bariba society and then, specifically, the categorization, position, and functions of the midwife.
American Anthropologist, 1992
East African medical journal, 1986
L'incidence d'un poids de naissance faible parmi 1604 enfants nes entre 1970 et 77 a ete ... more L'incidence d'un poids de naissance faible parmi 1604 enfants nes entre 1970 et 77 a ete de 21,9%. Le pourcentage de ces enfants varie avec la profession du pere et la distance de residence de la clinique obstetricale. Ni le mois ni la saison de la naissance n'ont paru avoir une influence significative sur le poids a la naissance. Les variations de l'utilisation de la prophylaxie du paludisme, plutot que les facteurs nutritionnels, constituent l'explication la plus probable de la relation entre le poids a la naissance et l'etat socio-economique
The Cultural Context of Therapeutic Choice, 1982
Perhaps the most illustrative approach to detailing the nature of the acceptable “range of therap... more Perhaps the most illustrative approach to detailing the nature of the acceptable “range of therapeutic alternatives” is to present several cases of client-practitioner encounters. These cases will highlight some techniques, practices and concepts common to Bariba midwifery and will give an indication of the birth setting as well as of the characteristics of the relationship between the woman who is delivering and the matrone.
Annual Review of Anthropology, 2011
Globalization, including the global flows of people, is clearly linked to disease transmission an... more Globalization, including the global flows of people, is clearly linked to disease transmission and vulnerability to health risks among immigrant populations. Anthropological research on transnational migration and health documents the implications of population movements for health and well-being. Studies of immigrant health reveal the importance of the social, political, and economic production of distress and disease as well as the structures and dynamics that produce particular patterns of access to health services. This review points to underlying political, economic, and social structures that produce particular patterns of health and disease among transnational migrants. Both critical and phenomenological analyses explore ideas of alterity and community, which underlie the production and management of immigrant health. Research on immigrant health underscores the importance of further attention to policies of entitlement and exclusion, which ultimately determine health vulnera...
Social Science & Medicine. Part B: Medical Anthropology, 1979
Medical Anthropology Newsletter, 1976
Social Science & Medicine, 1984
Bariba of Benin idealize stoicism in response to pain. Analysis of the conceptualization of pain ... more Bariba of Benin idealize stoicism in response to pain. Analysis of the conceptualization of pain in Bariba thought indicates that an appropriate response to pain is considered intrinsic to Bariba identity. The Bariba example offers data illuminating the pain response and detailing the implications of urbanization and industrialization for this facet of ethnicity. The subject of pain elicits from informants a cognitive map of honor and shame, rather than discussion of pain per se. Features of the socialization process. particularly circumcision and clitoridectomy, signal courage and honour as crucial values and provide a basis for the Bariba perspective towards pain.
Reviews in Anthropology, 1992
... She observes that environments in which women work present important risks to health; more ge... more ... She observes that environments in which women work present important risks to health; more generally, occupational health haz-ards are probably understated for both sexes. ... Rapp, Rayna 1988a Chromosomes and Communication: The Discourse of Genetic Counseling. ...