Amulets and Cord Blood
Understanding Banking and Regenerative Medicine in Chennai, India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4564367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annu Panwar (0000-0002-2573-4946, University of Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 121-135 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-5882 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01459740.2022.2159821 |
| PMID | 36625669 |
| OpenAlex | W4315435953 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 35 |
Umbilical cord blood stem cells can be extracted and collected in cord blood banks, potentially to be used for stem cell transplants in the case of blood and related disorders. But some women in Tamil Nadu store dried cord tissue in an amulet to protect their children from harm and to restore health when required. I trace the sakthi (power) of the amulet and its contents by following puberty rites, pre-delivery rituals and food consumed, which the pregnant mother embodies, eventually to be reproduced in an amulet. What makes the amulet and its contents medicine and a symbol of regeneration, just like cord blood stem cells? Why is the amulet a preferred mode of storing cord tissue in Chennai
Biology · Cord blood · Harm · Regenerative medicine · Stem cell · Tamil · Traditional medicine · Umbilical cord · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation · Cell Biology · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Law · Medicine · Physiology
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The Politics of Performance
Birth on the Threshold
The Rites of Passage
The Forest of Symbols
Culture & truth
Fluid Signs
Life, Emergent
Sorting Things Out
The transformative value of food
The Political Economy of Hope
The Golden Bough
Narrative as Performance
Navigating HIV, Pregnancy, and Childbearing in South India
Religion and Food
Magical Hair
Marginal matters
The role of obstetrical rituals in the resolution of cultural anomaly
It May Be Her Eggs But It's My Blood
Beliefs and Fertility in Bangladesh
Is there an Indian Way of Thinking? An Informal Essay
The Precious Few
The Anthropology of Performance
Hair, Sex and Dirt
Chromosomes and Communication
Umbilical cord blood banking and its interruptions
Hemato-nationalism
Rituals and economics of regeneration
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |