>From kaler001@maroon.tc.umn.edu Thu Sep 1 09:16:40 1994 Return-Path: kaler001@maroon.tc.umn.edu Received: from maroon.tc.umn.edu (root@maroon1.tc.umn.edu [128.101.118.21]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.9/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id JAA11832 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 1994 09:16:39 -0600 Received: by maroon.tc.umn.edu; Thu, 1 Sep 94 10:17:57 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 10:00:10 -0500 (CDT) From: Amy K Kaler Subject: family planning? socal change? To: PPN@csf.colorado.edu Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hello ppn, I'm a Ph D student in sociology here in Minneapolis. I'm becoming more and more interested in the interaction between social change and patterns of human reproduction, especially on the more individual "anthropological" level rather than on the large-scale mass demographic level. I'm particularly interested in southern Africa, where I've lived and worked for several years; but as I'm still trying to figure out theory, frameworks, assumptions and all of that, I'm therefore interested in similar work that's being done anywhere in the world. Does anyone know of any references or any people concerned with the social history of family planning in southern (Third World, "developing") societies? I am particularly interested in what new options and negotiations appear for women's individual reproductive lives at times when new contraceptive technologies are being disseminated and when simultaneously society is undergoing rapid social and economic chnage, including the emergence of new conflicts over patriarchal control of women and children. Thanks in advance for any insight or stimulation you can provide me, Amy Amy Kaler Internet: kaler001@maroon.tc.umn.edu Department of Sociology Fax: (612) 624-7020 909 Social Science Building University of Minnesota