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Неукроћена '' горопад '': управљање репродукцијом као културна пракса
The Untamed " Shrew": Managing Reproduction as Cultural Practice

Author(s): Bojan Žikić
Subject(s): Anthropology, Politics and society, Demography and human biology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Београду
Keywords: human reproduction; women; children; population policy; anthropology;

Summary/Abstract: Managing reproduction as an appliance of Western family planning to the Third World - mostly, could be subject of the anthropological inquiry by investigating the population policy, but also by supplying anthropological methods and expertise to the policy-makers. Basic social and cultural factors of human reproduction are discussed in the paper, with an accent on local contexts, when reviewing reproductive concepts and practices.

  • Issue Year: 3/2008
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 143-157
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian