{"product_id":"9783032282521","title":"The Return of the Flesh Birth, Death, and Parentage in Question","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePalgrave Studies on Norbert Elias\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Return of the Flesh\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBirth, Death, and Parentage in Question\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDominique Memmi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Disease \u0026amp; Health Issues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 14.2pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eThis book is a groundbreaking study of a major ideological shift in the 1990s centered on birth, death, and parentage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 14.2pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; letter-spacing: -.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual; mso-ansi-language: FR;\"\u003eSince then, fathers have been encouraged to cut the umbilical cord, and mothers urged to breastfeed, practice skin-to-skin contact, and even contemplate the placenta. Parents are encouraged to see and touch their stillborn child.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eViewing the deceased has become a moral obligation, and cremation tends to be viewed as detrimental to the “grieving process.” Physical access to biological parents has become essential to those adopted or born through gamete donation. In short, in most Western countries, there has been a shift toward focusing on the body as the \u003cem\u003efoundation of social bonds\u003c\/em\u003e. Why have mental health, healthcare, and funeral professionals created these new practices? To understand this, author Dominique Memmi observed numerous gestures whose convergence had gone previously unnoticed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eWith a wealth of information, a narrative style, and an interdisciplinary analysis, this book will be of interest to researchers and students in sociology, anthropology, social psychology, and history. First published in 2014 in French, this groundbreaking work is now available to an English-speaking audience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eDominique Memmi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eDirector of Research in Social Science at the National Center for Scientific Research, Paris, France, has published widely on the social administration of life and death. Her books include \u003cem\u003eLes Gardiens du corps\u003c\/em\u003e (1996),\u003cem\u003e Faire vivre et laisser mourir\u003c\/em\u003e (2003), \u003cem\u003eLe Gouvernement des corps\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited with Didier Fassin, 2004), \u003cem\u003eLa Seconde Vie des bébés morts\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), and \u003cem\u003eLa vengeance des femmes\u003c\/em\u003e (2025).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032282521\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e308\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47994004832396,"sku":"9783032282521","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032282521.jpg?v=1781060814","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032282521","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}