Jennifer Johnson‐Hanks
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5425314 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jennifer Johnson‐Hanks |
| PRENOMES | Jennifer |
| SOBRENOME | Johnson‐Hanks |
| ASSINATURA | HANKS J J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 554 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2002 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 10 |
Vital Conjunctures Revisited
Demographic Anthropology
Demography is the study of human populations, along with the processes that structure and change them. Demography thus intersects with all four subfields of anthropology, albeit in different ways. Biological anthropologists have collaborated with demographers on topics from the evolution of life span to small‐area estimation to the inclusion of biomarkers in population surveys. Archaeologists and demographers have worked together on the relations…
Gender, Honor, and Aggregate Fertility
This article examines the tension between population-level and individual-level interests regarding childbearing, from Malthus's concern for overpopulation to the contemporary issue of son preference, and argues for an understanding of individual-level interests that distinguishes parents from households. In making this distinction, we draw attention to how gender norms can play an important role in shaping reproductive interests. Survey data and…
Fertility Transition
Contemporary Notes on Political Arithmetic - Alain Desrosières, Prouver et gouverner
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Special Issue
Jenny Trinitapoli and Alexander Weinreb
Understanding Family Change and Variation
Jennifer S. Hirsch, Holly Wardlow, Daniel Jordan Smith, Harriet M. Phinney, Shanti Parikh, and Constance A. Nathanson The Secret
Predictive Ability and Stability of Adolescents’ Pregnancy Intentions in a Predominantly Latino Community
Using data from a prospective cohort of 555 adolescent girls and boys from a predominantly Latino neighborhood of San Francisco, we examined how well four survey questionnaire items measuring pregnancy intentions predicted the incidence of pregnancy. We also compared consistency of responses among items and assessed how intentions fluctuated over time. Girls experienced 72 pregnancies over two years (six‐month cumulative incidence = 8 percent), a…
Demographic Transitions and Modernity
Much contemporary anthropology is concerned with the origin, character, and consequences of late modernity. Surprisingly absent in this literature is the importance of population size, structure, and process. In particular, the demographic transition-or historical change from a high to a low equilibrium of birth and death rates-is an important component of modernity that deserves greater anthropological engagement. This review outlines demographi…
Natural Intentions
Many recent models of society treat certain forms of action as revealing individual intentions, aspirations, or preferences. For example, formal models of fertility decline following Henry and Coale take specific childbearing distributions to indicate "natural fertility," where couples take no intentional action to manage their reproduction. This article argues that this mode of inference can be valid only when the cultural repertoires that media…
What kind of theory for anthropological demography
This paper argues that demographic anthropology has, for most part, imported rather than exported theory. Yet, the discipline has the potential to generate important rethinking of population, culture, and their interaction. After discussing the state o
Women on the market
In this article, I show how dramatic social changes in Yaoundé, Cameroon, are the product of women applying long-standing cultural schemata in a changed economic context. Marriage rates are falling precipitously, and growing numbers of relatively elite women are looking beyond the nation's borders for husbands. Yet, as these women seek foreign husbands, their models of marriage are largely transposed out of older forms of bridewealth: E-mail-medi…
On the Politics and Practice of Muslim Fertility
Recent popular works have represented Muslim fertility as dangerously high, both a cause and consequence of religious fundamentalism. This article uses comparative, statistical methods to show that this representation is empirically wrong, at least in West Africa. Although religion strongly inflects reproductive practice, its effects are not constant across different communities. In West African countries with Muslim majorities, Muslim fertility …
When the Future Decides
n Contains fulltext :\n 55576.pdf (Publisher's version ) (Open Access)\n
Uncertainty and the Second Space
Education, Ethnicity, and Reproductive Practice in Cameroon
On observe souvent que les femmes instruites ont moins d’enfants que les femmes moins instruites, ce qui appelle une interprétation en termes de lien de cause à effet. Toutefois, les femmes instruites diffèrent de bien d’autres façons des femmes n’ayant jamais fréquenté l’école : les deux facteurs sont liés de façon multiple. Le présent article analyse la relation entre instruction et fécondité dans le Cameroun d’aujourd’hui en tant que phénomène…
Education, Ethnicity, and Reproductive Practice in Cameroon
Éducation, ethnicité et pratiques reproductives au Cameroun
On observe souvent que les femmes instruites ont moins d'enfants que les femmes moins instruites, ce qui appelle une interprétation en termes de lien de cause à effet. Toutefois, les femmes instruites diffèrent de bien d'autres façons des femmes n'ayant jamais fréquenté l'école : les deux facteurs sont liés de façon multiple. Le présent article analyse la relation entre instruction et fécondité dans le Cameroun d'aujourd'hui en tant que phénomène…
On the Modernity of Traditional Contraception
Many studies of fertility implicitly equate temporal management, biomedical contraception, and "modernity" on the one hand, and "tradition," the lack of intentional timing, and uncontrolled fertility on the other. This article questions that equation, focusing on the widespread use of periodic abstinence in southern Cameroon. Drawing on field data and the Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey, the article investigates how local concepts of timin…
The lesser shame
On the Limits of Life Stages in Ethnography
This article argues for a new anthropology of the life course, one founded in indeterminacy and innovation. The fact that vital life events are rarely coherent, clear in direction, or fixed in outcome dramatically limits the usefulness of the life cycle model. In its place, I propose a unit of social analysis based in aspiration rather than event. I call this the vital conjuncture-integrating the "vital" of demographic vital events with Bourdieu'…
On the Limits of Life Stages in Ethnography
This article argues for a new anthropology of the life course, one founded in indeterminacy and innovation. The fact that vital life events are rarely coherent, clear in direction, or fixed in outcome dramatically limits the usefulness of the life cycle model. In its place, I propose a unit of social analysis based in aspiration rather than event. I call this the vital conjuncture-integrating the "vital" of demographic vital events with Bourdieu'…
When the Future Decides
n Contains fulltext :\n 55576.pdf (Publisher's version ) (Open Access)\n
Natural Intentions
Many recent models of society treat certain forms of action as revealing individual intentions, aspirations, or preferences. For example, formal models of fertility decline following Henry and Coale take specific childbearing distributions to indicate "natural fertility," where couples take no intentional action to manage their reproduction. This article argues that this mode of inference can be valid only when the cultural repertoires that media…
On the Modernity of Traditional Contraception
Many studies of fertility implicitly equate temporal management, biomedical contraception, and "modernity" on the one hand, and "tradition," the lack of intentional timing, and uncontrolled fertility on the other. This article questions that equation, focusing on the widespread use of periodic abstinence in southern Cameroon. Drawing on field data and the Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey, the article investigates how local concepts of timin…
The lesser shame
Women on the market
In this article, I show how dramatic social changes in Yaoundé, Cameroon, are the product of women applying long-standing cultural schemata in a changed economic context. Marriage rates are falling precipitously, and growing numbers of relatively elite women are looking beyond the nation's borders for husbands. Yet, as these women seek foreign husbands, their models of marriage are largely transposed out of older forms of bridewealth: E-mail-medi…
Demographic Transitions and Modernity
Much contemporary anthropology is concerned with the origin, character, and consequences of late modernity. Surprisingly absent in this literature is the importance of population size, structure, and process. In particular, the demographic transition-or historical change from a high to a low equilibrium of birth and death rates-is an important component of modernity that deserves greater anthropological engagement. This review outlines demographi…
On the Politics and Practice of Muslim Fertility
Recent popular works have represented Muslim fertility as dangerously high, both a cause and consequence of religious fundamentalism. This article uses comparative, statistical methods to show that this representation is empirically wrong, at least in West Africa. Although religion strongly inflects reproductive practice, its effects are not constant across different communities. In West African countries with Muslim majorities, Muslim fertility …
Uncertainty and the Second Space
What kind of theory for anthropological demography
This paper argues that demographic anthropology has, for most part, imported rather than exported theory. Yet, the discipline has the potential to generate important rethinking of population, culture, and their interaction. After discussing the state o
Predictive Ability and Stability of Adolescents’ Pregnancy Intentions in a Predominantly Latino Community
Using data from a prospective cohort of 555 adolescent girls and boys from a predominantly Latino neighborhood of San Francisco, we examined how well four survey questionnaire items measuring pregnancy intentions predicted the incidence of pregnancy. We also compared consistency of responses among items and assessed how intentions fluctuated over time. Girls experienced 72 pregnancies over two years (six‐month cumulative incidence = 8 percent), a…
Education, Ethnicity, and Reproductive Practice in Cameroon
Éducation, ethnicité et pratiques reproductives au Cameroun
On observe souvent que les femmes instruites ont moins d'enfants que les femmes moins instruites, ce qui appelle une interprétation en termes de lien de cause à effet. Toutefois, les femmes instruites diffèrent de bien d'autres façons des femmes n'ayant jamais fréquenté l'école : les deux facteurs sont liés de façon multiple. Le présent article analyse la relation entre instruction et fécondité dans le Cameroun d'aujourd'hui en tant que phénomène…
Special Issue
Gender, Honor, and Aggregate Fertility
This article examines the tension between population-level and individual-level interests regarding childbearing, from Malthus's concern for overpopulation to the contemporary issue of son preference, and argues for an understanding of individual-level interests that distinguishes parents from households. In making this distinction, we draw attention to how gender norms can play an important role in shaping reproductive interests. Survey data and…
Education, Ethnicity, and Reproductive Practice in Cameroon
On observe souvent que les femmes instruites ont moins d’enfants que les femmes moins instruites, ce qui appelle une interprétation en termes de lien de cause à effet. Toutefois, les femmes instruites diffèrent de bien d’autres façons des femmes n’ayant jamais fréquenté l’école : les deux facteurs sont liés de façon multiple. Le présent article analyse la relation entre instruction et fécondité dans le Cameroun d’aujourd’hui en tant que phénomène…
On the Modernity of Traditional Contraception
Many studies of fertility implicitly equate temporal management, biomedical contraception, and "modernity" on the one hand, and "tradition," the lack of intentional timing, and uncontrolled fertility on the other. This article questions that equation, focusing on the widespread use of periodic abstinence in southern Cameroon. Drawing on field data and the Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey, the article investigates how local concepts of timin…
The lesser shame
On the Limits of Life Stages in Ethnography
This article argues for a new anthropology of the life course, one founded in indeterminacy and innovation. The fact that vital life events are rarely coherent, clear in direction, or fixed in outcome dramatically limits the usefulness of the life cycle model. In its place, I propose a unit of social analysis based in aspiration rather than event. I call this the vital conjuncture-integrating the "vital" of demographic vital events with Bourdieu'…
Education, Ethnicity, and Reproductive Practice in Cameroon
On observe souvent que les femmes instruites ont moins d’enfants que les femmes moins instruites, ce qui appelle une interprétation en termes de lien de cause à effet. Toutefois, les femmes instruites diffèrent de bien d’autres façons des femmes n’ayant jamais fréquenté l’école : les deux facteurs sont liés de façon multiple. Le présent article analyse la relation entre instruction et fécondité dans le Cameroun d’aujourd’hui en tant que phénomène…
Education, Ethnicity, and Reproductive Practice in Cameroon
Éducation, ethnicité et pratiques reproductives au Cameroun
On observe souvent que les femmes instruites ont moins d'enfants que les femmes moins instruites, ce qui appelle une interprétation en termes de lien de cause à effet. Toutefois, les femmes instruites diffèrent de bien d'autres façons des femmes n'ayant jamais fréquenté l'école : les deux facteurs sont liés de façon multiple. Le présent article analyse la relation entre instruction et fécondité dans le Cameroun d'aujourd'hui en tant que phénomène…
Uncertainty and the Second Space
When the Future Decides
n Contains fulltext :\n 55576.pdf (Publisher's version ) (Open Access)\n
On the Politics and Practice of Muslim Fertility
Recent popular works have represented Muslim fertility as dangerously high, both a cause and consequence of religious fundamentalism. This article uses comparative, statistical methods to show that this representation is empirically wrong, at least in West Africa. Although religion strongly inflects reproductive practice, its effects are not constant across different communities. In West African countries with Muslim majorities, Muslim fertility …
Natural Intentions
Many recent models of society treat certain forms of action as revealing individual intentions, aspirations, or preferences. For example, formal models of fertility decline following Henry and Coale take specific childbearing distributions to indicate "natural fertility," where couples take no intentional action to manage their reproduction. This article argues that this mode of inference can be valid only when the cultural repertoires that media…
What kind of theory for anthropological demography
This paper argues that demographic anthropology has, for most part, imported rather than exported theory. Yet, the discipline has the potential to generate important rethinking of population, culture, and their interaction. After discussing the state o
Women on the market
In this article, I show how dramatic social changes in Yaoundé, Cameroon, are the product of women applying long-standing cultural schemata in a changed economic context. Marriage rates are falling precipitously, and growing numbers of relatively elite women are looking beyond the nation's borders for husbands. Yet, as these women seek foreign husbands, their models of marriage are largely transposed out of older forms of bridewealth: E-mail-medi…
Demographic Transitions and Modernity
Much contemporary anthropology is concerned with the origin, character, and consequences of late modernity. Surprisingly absent in this literature is the importance of population size, structure, and process. In particular, the demographic transition-or historical change from a high to a low equilibrium of birth and death rates-is an important component of modernity that deserves greater anthropological engagement. This review outlines demographi…
Jennifer S. Hirsch, Holly Wardlow, Daniel Jordan Smith, Harriet M. Phinney, Shanti Parikh, and Constance A. Nathanson The Secret
Predictive Ability and Stability of Adolescents’ Pregnancy Intentions in a Predominantly Latino Community
Using data from a prospective cohort of 555 adolescent girls and boys from a predominantly Latino neighborhood of San Francisco, we examined how well four survey questionnaire items measuring pregnancy intentions predicted the incidence of pregnancy. We also compared consistency of responses among items and assessed how intentions fluctuated over time. Girls experienced 72 pregnancies over two years (six‐month cumulative incidence = 8 percent), a…
Understanding Family Change and Variation
Jenny Trinitapoli and Alexander Weinreb
Fertility Transition
Contemporary Notes on Political Arithmetic - Alain Desrosières, Prouver et gouverner
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Special Issue
Gender, Honor, and Aggregate Fertility
This article examines the tension between population-level and individual-level interests regarding childbearing, from Malthus's concern for overpopulation to the contemporary issue of son preference, and argues for an understanding of individual-level interests that distinguishes parents from households. In making this distinction, we draw attention to how gender norms can play an important role in shaping reproductive interests. Survey data and…
Demographic Anthropology
Demography is the study of human populations, along with the processes that structure and change them. Demography thus intersects with all four subfields of anthropology, albeit in different ways. Biological anthropologists have collaborated with demographers on topics from the evolution of life span to small‐area estimation to the inclusion of biomarkers in population surveys. Archaeologists and demographers have worked together on the relations…
Vital Conjunctures Revisited
Sociology (18 obras) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (10 obras) · Population (10 obras) · Demography (9 obras) · Political science (9 obras) · Psychology (9 obras) · Geography (8 obras) · Computer Science (7 obras) · Fertility (7 obras) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (6 obras)