Description
| Product ID: | 9781789202281 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives |
| Title: | Making Bodies Kosher |
| Subtitle: | The Politics of Reproduction among Haredi Jews in England |
| Authors: | Author: Ben Kasstan |
| Page Count: | 286 |
| Subjects: | Social groups: religious groups and communities, Jewish studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Human biology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Medical anthropology, England |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Analyses the ways in which Haredi Jews negotiate healthcare services using theoretical perspectives in political philosophy. This is the first archival and ethnographic study of Haredi Jews in the UK, and will allow readers to understand how reproductive care issues affect this growing minority population. Minority populations are often regarded as being ‘hard to reach’ and evading state expectations of health protection. This ethnographic and archival study analyses how devout Jews in Britain negotiate healthcare services to preserve the reproduction of culture and continuity. This book demonstrates how the transformative and transgressive possibilities of technology reveal multiple pursuits of protection between this religious minority and the state. Making Bodies Kosher advances theoretical perspectives of immunity, and sits at the intersection of medical anthropology, social history and the study of religions. |
| Imprint Name: | Berghahn Books |
| Publisher Name: | Berghahn Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-06-20 |
