ANTH 2170 Lecture Notes - Virgin Birth Of Jesus, Medical Anthropology, Natural Childbirth

• School: York University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 2170
• Professor: Sonja Mac Donald

Document Summary

Reproduction in terms of an embodied experience and a cultural system. Nature as a cultural construct main theme of course. What we believe of reproduction and what we think is natural in terms or reproduction it tends to come from pre-existing beliefs that make it seem naturalized similar to gender representations. The anthropology of reproduction explores the social, cultural, and political complexities involved in human reproduction in contemporary and historical worlds. Powerful institutions within society such as biomedicine, law, and politics also shape the way people imagine and manage their reproductive lives, as do global economic and development trends. We see how things become naturalized over time. The treatment of reproduction in anthro was limited: few ethnographies in how reproduction is perceived cross-culturally. Reproduction and parenting are the cornerstones of culture and it was often ignored. We see it as natural therefore tend to not think about it.