Jennifer Aengst
Biographic Data
| ID | 169262 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Aengst |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Aengst |
| SIGNATURE | AENGST J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Portland State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Silences and Moral Narratives
Infanticide is a widespread practice, yet few ethnographic and theoretical works examine this. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in the Indian Himalayas, I argue that infanticide is a form of reproductive disruption that elicits both public moral judgments and private silences. Unmarried women hide their pregnancies, deliver and abandon their babies, and later are rushed to the hospital with postdelivery complications. While biomedical d…
Adolescent Movements
In India's northwest border region of Ladakh, norms of sexuality are changing, which is resulting in the emergence of new sexual practices, such as dating, 'roaming', and the dramatic elopements of Buddhist and Muslim youth. This has caused the emergence of youth policing the perceived sexual infractions of others, through targeting particular zones of intimacy - marriage, religious identity, and mobility. Yet, youth policing is uneven, targeting…
Adolescent Movements
In India's northwest border region of Ladakh, norms of sexuality are changing, which is resulting in the emergence of new sexual practices, such as dating, 'roaming', and the dramatic elopements of Buddhist and Muslim youth. This has caused the emergence of youth policing the perceived sexual infractions of others, through targeting particular zones of intimacy - marriage, religious identity, and mobility. Yet, youth policing is uneven, targeting…
Silences and Moral Narratives
Infanticide is a widespread practice, yet few ethnographic and theoretical works examine this. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in the Indian Himalayas, I argue that infanticide is a form of reproductive disruption that elicits both public moral judgments and private silences. Unmarried women hide their pregnancies, deliver and abandon their babies, and later are rushed to the hospital with postdelivery complications. While biomedical d…
Silences and Moral Narratives
Infanticide is a widespread practice, yet few ethnographic and theoretical works examine this. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in the Indian Himalayas, I argue that infanticide is a form of reproductive disruption that elicits both public moral judgments and private silences. Unmarried women hide their pregnancies, deliver and abandon their babies, and later are rushed to the hospital with postdelivery complications. While biomedical d…
Adolescent Movements
In India's northwest border region of Ladakh, norms of sexuality are changing, which is resulting in the emergence of new sexual practices, such as dating, 'roaming', and the dramatic elopements of Buddhist and Muslim youth. This has caused the emergence of youth policing the perceived sexual infractions of others, through targeting particular zones of intimacy - marriage, religious identity, and mobility. Yet, youth policing is uneven, targeting…
Criminology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Abandonment (legal (1 work) · Abortion (1 work) · Acknowledgement (1 work)