Social groups, communities and identities

Dorothee Spannagel ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Sozialwissenschaften der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg.

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Acknowledgements

Foreword: How/Shall We Consider the Fetus?
Rayna Rapp

Introduction: Conceiving the Anthropology of the Fetus: An Introduction
Sallie Han, Tracy K. Betsinger, and Amy B. Scott

PART I: THE FETUS IN BIOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE&

Elliott Oring is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at California State University, Los Angeles. He is author of Joking Asides: The Theory, Analysis, and Aesthetics of Humor, Engaging Humor, and Jokes and Their Relations. He is also past editor of Western Folklore and is currently on the editorial boards of Humor: International Journal for Humor Research and Journal of Folklore Research.

Onoto Watanna (pen name for Winnifred Eaton) was a popular writer of American romance novels. Daughter of a Chinese mother and English father, she used her own mixed heritage to explore diverse social issues and exploited the Orientalist fantasies of her readership to become a best-selling author. Samina Najmi is visiting assistant professor in English at Wheaton College and has written extensively on women and race in Asian American literature.