Yoga, tantra and other forms of Asian meditation are practised in modernized forms
throughout the world today, but most introductions to Hinduism or Buddhism tell only part of …

Reproductive Restraints traces the history of contraception use and population management
in colonial India, while illuminating its connection to contemporary debates in India and birth …

Tantric Revisionings presents stimulating new perspectives on Hindu and Buddhist religion,
particularly their Tantric versions, in India, Tibet or in modern Western societies. Geoffrey …

Background Every year four million babies die in the first month of life and a quarter of these
take place in India. A package of essential newborn care practices exists, which has a …

Set in the context of the processes and practices of human reproduction and reproductive
health in Northern India, this book examines the institutional exercise of power by the state …

[Excerto] É ainda recente a história dos estudos sobre o género, ou, na designação que
hoje é menos corrente, dos estudos sobre as mulheres. As assimetrias sociais entre …

In anthropological fieldwork between 2005 and 2007 on genetically related illness among
British Bangladeshi Muslims, I was struck with the absolute faith which people expressed in …

This chapter examines the extension of biomedical obstetrics within the Ladakh region of the
Indian Himalaya. More particularly, it looks at the factors that both promote and constrain the …

This article questions neat dichotomies between subaltern/hegemonic and
feminine/masculine, which are often made while examining the impact of modern, Western …

As we know from the insights of significant recent work into the subject, medical
technologies do not function in a moral, cultural or political vacuum. Their use is shaped by …