{"product_id":"wasted-wombs-erica-van-der-sijpt-9780826521699","title":"Wasted Wombs: Navigating Reproductive Interruptions in Cameroon","description":"Central to this book are Gbigbil women's experiences with different \"reproductive interruptions\" miscarriages, stillbirths, child deaths, induced abortions, and infertility. Rather than consider these events as inherently dissimilar as women do in Western countries, the Gbigbil women of eastern Cameroon see them all as instances of \"wasted wombs\" that leave their reproductive trajectories hanging in the balance. The women must navigate this uncertainty while negotiating their social positions, aspirations for the future, and the current workings of their bodies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProviding an intimate look into these processes, \u003ci\u003eWasted Wombs\u003c\/i\u003e shows how Gbigbil women constantly shift their interpretations of when a pregnancy starts, what it contains, and what is lost in case of a reproductive interruption, in contrast to Western conceptions of fertility and loss. Depending on the context and on their life aspirations--be it marriage and motherhood, or an educational trajectory and employment, or profitable sexual affairs with so-called \"big fish\"--women negotiate and manipulate the meanings and effects of reproductive interruptions. Paradoxically, they often do so while portraying themselves as powerless. \u003ci\u003eWasted Wombs\u003c\/i\u003e carefully analyzes such tactics in relation to the various social predicaments that emerge around reproductive interruptions, as well as the capricious workings of women's physical bodies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erica Van Der Sijpt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082652169X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826521699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Erica Van Der Sijpt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112981868799,"sku":"9780826521699","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca94d819-f880-47fb-af43-b7ee661d65ef.jpg?v=1769612257","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wasted-wombs-erica-van-der-sijpt-9780826521699","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}