Foreword / Rayna Rapp  ix

Acknowledgments  xiii

Introduction. Toward Global Anthropological Studies of Reproduction: Concepts, Methods, Theoretical Approaches / Carole H. Browner and Carolyn F. Sargent  1

Part I. Global Technologies, State Policies, and Local Realities/ Introduction to Part I  19

1. Global Ethnography: Problems of Theory and Method / Susan L. Erickson  23

2. Globalizing, Reproducing, and Civilizing the Rural Subjects: Population Control Policy and Constructions of Rural Identity in China / Junjie Chen  38

3. Planning Men Out of Family Planning: A Case Study from Mexico / Matthew Gutmann  53

4. Antiviral but Pronatal? ARVS and Reproductive Health: The View from a South African Township / Lisa Ann Richey  68

5. Birth in the Age of AIDS: Local Responses to Global Policies and Technologies in South India / Cecilia Van Hollen  83

6. Competing Globalizing Influences on Local Muslim Women's Reproductive Health and Human Rights in Sudan: Women's Rights, International Feminism, and Islamism / Ellen Gruenbaum  96

Part II. Biotechnology, Biocommerce, and Body Commodification/ Introduction to Part II  111

7. Reproductive Viability and the State: Embryonic Stem Cell Research in India / Aditya Bharadwaj  113

8. Globalization and Gametes: Islam, Assisted Reproductive Technologies, and the Middle Eastern State / Marcia C. Inhorn  126

9. Law, Technology, and Gender Relations: Following the Path of DNA Paternity Tests in Brazil / Claudia Fonseca  138

Part III. Consequences of Population Movements for Agency, Structure, and Reproductive Processes/ Introduction to Part III  155

10. From Sex Workers to Tourism Workers: A Structural Approach to Male Sexual Labor in Dominican Tourism Areas / Mark B. Padilla  159

11. Family Reunification Ideals and the Practice of Transnational Reproductive Life among Africans in Europe / Caroline H. Bledsoe and Papa Sow  175

12. Problematizing Polygamy, Managing Maternity: The Intersections of Global, State, and Family Politics in the Lives of West African Migrant Women in France / Carolyn F. Sargent  192

13. Lost in Translation: Lessons from California on the Implementation of State-Mandated Fetal Diagnosis in the Context of Globalization / Carole H. Browner  204

14. Reproductive Rights in No-Woman's-Land: Politics and Humanitarian Assistance / Linda M. Whiteford and Aimee R. Eden  224

Epilogue. The Mystery Child and the Politics of Reproduction: Between National Imaginaries and Transnational Confrontations / Didier Fassin  239

References  249

Contributors  277

Index  281

Rayna Rapp

Carole H. Browner

Carolyn F. Sargent

Susan L. Erikson

Junjie Chen

Matthew C. Gutmann

Lisa Ann Richey

Cecilia Van Hollen

Ellen Gruenbaum

Aditya Bharadwaj

Marcia C. Inhorn

Claudia Lee Williams Fonseca

Mark B. Padilla

Caroline H. Bledsoe

Papa Sow

Linda Whiteford

Aimee R. Eden

Didier Fassin

Winner, 2012 Eileen Basker Memorial Prize, presented by the Society for Medical Anthropology

“Reproduction, Globalization, and the State is an important contribution to global debates on reproductive health and rights, since it serves as a
welcome reminder that reproduction, despite its universality as a central feature of human societies, never takes place in a vacuum.”—Andrea Lynch, Gender and Development

It is refreshing to find a well-written, cohesive edited volume. . . . Professionals and students alike should find this work appealing; it can serve as an introduction to pivotal issues in the field, yet also delves into key theoretical concepts and methodological approaches in health policy, gender studies, public health, and anthropology. The book is theoretically rich without being overly dense, and this winning combination stands
a good chance of bringing anthropological theory and methods into the boardrooms of policymakers.”—Vania Smith-Oka, Studies in Family Planning

“This is a diverse and unique collection of ethnographies that illustrates the various complexities of reproduction and reproductive health for women and men. The strength of the volume is the attempt to conceptualize human agency and the exploration of how reproduction in varying communities are influenced by global and state institutions, policies, ideologies, and biotechnology.”—Dana Chalupa, Gendered Perspectives on International Development

“This book is not only geographically wide ranging but it also encompasses many aspects of human reproduction…. Browner and Sargent have found room in this volume for scholarship on many diverse aspects of individuals’ reproductive journeys. For example, there are chapters on family planning, screening technologies and paternity testing as well as on fertility treatment. Nor is the book limited to women’s reproductive experiences: there are
chapters written by men that are about men. These aspects make it a refreshing, illuminating and diverse read[…]… At a point where concerns over the availability of funding for the social sciences are paramount, this book reminds us of the importance of social science research regarding men and women’s reproductive lives.”
—Samantha Murphy, Sociology of Health & Illness

“The themes presented in this volume are highly topical; the complexities of studying the local and the global, the micro and the macro, are well illustrated; and the theoretical notions the chapters build on are clearly explained. These three qualities, together with a thought-provoking foreword by Rayna Rapp and epilogue by Didier Fassin, make this volume highly recommendable for academics and others interested in the field of reproduction and globalization.” —Trudie Gerrits, Medische Antropologie

Winner, 2012 Eileen Basker Memorial Prize, presented by the Society for Medical Anthropology

“Reproduction, Globalization, and the State is an important contribution to global debates on reproductive health and rights, since it serves as a
welcome reminder that reproduction, despite its universality as a central feature of human societies, never takes place in a vacuum.”—Andrea Lynch, Gender and Development

It is refreshing to find a well-written, cohesive edited volume. . . . Professionals and students alike should find this work appealing; it can serve as an introduction to pivotal issues in the field, yet also delves into key theoretical concepts and methodological approaches in health policy, gender studies, public health, and anthropology. The book is theoretically rich without being overly dense, and this winning combination stands
a good chance of bringing anthropological theory and methods into the boardrooms of policymakers.”—Vania Smith-Oka, Studies in Family Planning

“This is a diverse and unique collection of ethnographies that illustrates the various complexities of reproduction and reproductive health for women and men. The strength of the volume is the attempt to conceptualize human agency and the exploration of how reproduction in varying communities are influenced by global and state institutions, policies, ideologies, and biotechnology.”—Dana Chalupa, Gendered Perspectives on International Development

“This book is not only geographically wide ranging but it also encompasses many aspects of human reproduction…. Browner and Sargent have found room in this volume for scholarship on many diverse aspects of individuals’ reproductive journeys. For example, there are chapters on family planning, screening technologies and paternity testing as well as on fertility treatment. Nor is the book limited to women’s reproductive experiences: there are
chapters written by men that are about men. These aspects make it a refreshing, illuminating and diverse read[…]… At a point where concerns over the availability of funding for the social sciences are paramount, this book reminds us of the importance of social science research regarding men and women’s reproductive lives.”
—Samantha Murphy, Sociology of Health & Illness

“The themes presented in this volume are highly topical; the complexities of studying the local and the global, the micro and the macro, are well illustrated; and the theoretical notions the chapters build on are clearly explained. These three qualities, together with a thought-provoking foreword by Rayna Rapp and epilogue by Didier Fassin, make this volume highly recommendable for academics and others interested in the field of reproduction and globalization.” —Trudie Gerrits, Medische Antropologie

“This welcome, timely collection illuminates the rapidly transforming landscape of reproduction worldwide by bringing together case studies by outstanding ethnographers known for their research on reproduction. Each contributor demonstrates an impressive grip on local circumstances, while also showing how those circumstances are inevitably shaped by state policies or inaction. The editors’ introduction explains the sophisticated theoretical and methodological approaches brought to bear throughout the collection, and Rayna Rapp’s foreword and Didier Fassin’s epilogue sharpen the framework of a book that will set the standard for research on reproduction and globalization for the next decade.”—Faye Ginsburg, co-editor of Conceiving the New World Order: The Global Politics of Reproduction

“Building on Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp’s pathbreaking work, Carole H. Browner and Carolyn F. Sargent’s Reproduction, Globalization, and the State situates anthropological approaches to globalizing and gendered practices, politics, and policies of reproduction firmly in the twenty-first century. This rich collection of multisited studies contributes to multidisciplinary approaches to global ethnography and will enliven debates in research and teaching alike.”—Gail Kligman, author of The Politics of Duplicity: Controlling Reproduction in Ceauşescu’s Romania

“These fascinating and provocative essays represent some of the most exciting scholarship on the anthropology of reproduction.”—Lynn M. Morgan, author of Icons of Life: A Cultural History of Human Embryos

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