Conceiving Persons

Peter Loizos is professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Patrick Heady holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the London School of Economics and works at the Office for National Statistics.

No Substance, No Kinship? Procreation, Performativity and Temanambondro Parent-Child Relations, Philip Thomas; Procreation Theories and their Implications - Overcoming the Absent Father in Southern Tanzania, Maia Green; Making Persons, Marking Differences - Procreation Beliefs in Highland Bolivia, Andrew Canessa; Every Infant is Born with Its "Younger Sibling" - Childbirth and Care Among Amurang Fisherman, Sini Cedercreutz; Women, Work and Procreation Beliefs in Two Muslim Communities, Ilkiko Beller-Hann; Procreation in Islamv- A Reading from Egypt of People and Texts, Hania Sholkamy; The Light of Life - Representation of Procreation, Divinity and Property in Carnia and Anatolia, Patrick Heady; The Essence of Being - Procreation and Sexuality in Mid-Century Macedonia, Ilka Thiessen; Procreation, Patriarchy and Medical Science - The Resistance to Recognizing Maternal Contributions in European Embryological Thought, Julia Stonehouse.