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medical anthropology in Eastern Europe, childbirth and birth care, social history of medicine under state socialism, social studies of gender and health

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Czech Republic, Slovakia

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Employment (2)

Charles University: Prague, CZ

2016-10 to present | Assistant Professor (Sociology)
Employment
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Ema Hresanova

University of West Bohemia: Pilsen, CZ

2003-09-23 to 2018-12-31 | Assistant Professor (Department of Sociology)
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Ema Hresanova

Education and qualifications (3)

Masaryk University: Brno, CZ

2004-02 to 2009-01-06 | PhD candidate (Dpt of Sociology)
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University of West Bohemia: Pilsen, CZ

2000-09 to 2003-09 | MA (Social and Cultural Anthropology)
Education
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Ema Hresanova

University of West Bohemia: Pilsen, CZ

1997-09 to 2000-06 | Bachelor (Social and Cultural Anthropology)
Education
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Professional activities (17)

Česká asociace pro sociální antropologii: Praha, CZ

2019 to present | Coordinator (Medical Anthropology RN )
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Česká asociace pro sociální antropologii: Praha, CZ

2011-09 to present | regular
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Ema Hresanova

Česká sociologická asociace: Praha, CZ

2010 to present | regular (sociology for medicine, health and illness)
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Ema Hresanova

Genderová expertní komora ČR: Praha, CZ

2005 to present | regular
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Ema Hresanova

COST-Action DEVoTION : Dublin, IE

2019 to 2023 | Management Committee Member
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Ema Hresanova

European Association of Social Anthropologists: London, GB

2018-06 to 2019-06 | regular
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European Sociological Association: Paris, Île-de-France, FR

2006 to 2019 | regular (Sociology of Health and Medicine (RN16))
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London South Bank University: London, GB

2018-09-03 to 2018-09-09 | Visiting Researcher (Institute of Health and Social Care)
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COST Action BIRTH: Lancaster, Lancashire, GB

2014 to 2018 | Management Committee Member
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European Sociological Association: Paris, Île-de-France, FR

2013-09 to 2015-08 | chair (RN 16 (sociology of health and illness))
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Monash University: Melbourne, Victoria, AU

2014-09-04 to 2014-12-15 | Go8 European Fellow (School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies)
Invited position
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Ema Hresanova

University of Liverpool: Liverpool, GB

2014-03-24 to 2014-03-30 | Visiting Researcher (Psychology)
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COST Action Childbirth Cultures: Lancaster, Lancashire, GB

2012 to 2014 | Management Committee Member
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European Sociological Association: Paris, Île-de-France, FR

2011-09 to 2013-08 | board member (RN 16 (sociology of health and illness))
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European Association for the History of Medicine and Health: London, London, GB

2011 to 2012
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill, US

2008-08 to 2009-06 | Fulbright visiting graduate researcher (Anthropology)
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Association for Women in Slavic Studies: Pittsburg, US

2007 to 2009 | graduate student membership
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Funding (4)

Migration and Maternal Health: Pregnancy, Birth and Early Parental Practices’

2016-01 to 2018-12 | Grant
Czech Science Foundation (Prague, CZ)
URL: https://www.migraceporody.cz/
GRANT_NUMBER:

GA16-10953S
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Ema Hresanova

Alternative birth practices during the ‘Consolidation Regime’ (the so-called ‘Normalizace’) in Socialist Czechoslovakia, the 1980s.

2015 to 2016 | Award
Vzdělávací nadace Jana Husa (Brno, CZ)
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Ema Hresanova

‘Natural Childbirth Movement and Feminist Approaches to Childbirth in the Czech Republic: Systems of Social Actions and Thought’

2011-01 to 2013-12 | Grant
Czech Science Foundation (Prague, CZ)
GRANT_NUMBER:

P404/11/P089
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Ema Hresanova

Birthing Women and Mothers and the Civil Society’

2010-03 to 2010-11 | Grant
University of West Bohemia (Pilsen, CZ)
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Works (41)

Childbirth and Parent Education in State-Socialist Czechoslovakia

2025-03-20 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.4324/9781003204763-24
Contributors: Ema Hrešanová
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Women who desire ‘natural childbirth’ in hospitals in a highly medicalized birth care system

Health Care for Women International
2024-09-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2024.2397457
Contributors: Ema Hrešanová
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Comrades and spies

American Ethnologist
2023-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/amet.13193
Contributors: Ema Hrešanová
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The social conception of space of birth narrated by women with negative and traumatic birth experiences

Women and Birth
2023-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2022.04.013
Part of ISSN: 1871-5192
Contributors: Yvonne J. Kuipers; Gill Thomson; Josefina Goberna-Tricas; Alba Zurera; Ema Hresanová; Natálie Temesgenová; Irmgard Waldner; Julia Leinweber
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Ema Hresanova

“Blue Children and All Shades of Responsibility.”

Anthropology News
2018 | Book review
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

„Reprodukční turismus do České republiky.“ Book review of Speier, A. 2016. Fertility Holidays. IVF Tourism and the Reproduction of Whiteness. New York: New York University Press.

Gender a výzkum
2018 | Book review
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

Elderly and Foreign: Vulnerability and Intersectionality in Healthcare

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research
2018-06-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.13060/25706578.2018.19.2.427
Part of ISSN: 2570-6578
Part of ISSN: 2570-6586
Contributors: Ema Hrešanová; Alena Glajchová
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Ema Hresanova

An Intersection of Two Life Changes in Social-Science Research on Women's Health

Czech Sociological Review
2018-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2018.54.1.396
Part of ISSN: 0038-0288
Part of ISSN: 2336-128X
Contributors: Alena Pařízková; Ema Hrešanová; Alena Glajchová
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Ema Hresanova

The Island of Alternatives: Power, Medical Science, and 'Gentle Birthing' in Socialist Czechoslovakia

Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
2018-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrx056
Part of ISSN: 0022-5045
Part of ISSN: 1468-4373
Contributors: Ema Hrešanová
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Ema Hresanova

The Natural Childbirth Movement in the Czech Republic

Rebellious Parents: Parental Movements in Central-Eastern Europe and Russia
2017 | Book chapter
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

„Případ zatčené rodičky a morální principy českého porodnictví” [A Case of an Arrested Birthing Woman and Moral Principles of Czech Birth Care]

Po stopách moci v nemoci. O morálce, moci a komunikaci v českém zdravotnictví [Tracing Power in Illness. About Morality, Power and Communication in Czech Healthcare Services]
2017 | Book chapter
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

Socialist Science Across Borders

Revue d’études comparatives Est-Ouest
2017-12-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3917/receo1.491.0045
Part of ISSN: 0338-0599
Contributors: Ema Hrešanová; Paula A. Michaels
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Ema Hresanova

Book Review of Jarkovská L. Gender před tabulí. Etnografický genderové reprodukce v každodennosti školní třídy. (Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství SLON, 2013).

Sociologický časopis/ Czech Sociological Review
2016 | Book review
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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“Pôrod z pohľadu kultúrnej antropológie” [Childbirth from the Cultural Anthropology Perspective; published in Slovak]

Ženy-matky-tělá II. Porušovanie ĺudských práv žien pri šití porodných poranení v zdravotníckych zariadeniach na Slovensku [Women-Mothers-Bodies II. Human Rights Violations during Suturing after Birth in Slovakian Hospitals].
2016 | Book chapter
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

The Psychoprophylactic Method of Painless Childbirth in Socialist Czechoslovakia: from State Propaganda to Activism of Enthusiasts

Medical History
2016-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2016.59
Part of ISSN: 0025-7273
Part of ISSN: 2048-8343
Contributors: Ema Hrešanová
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Ema Hresanova

'Nobody in a Maternity Hospital Really Talks to You': Socialist Legacies and Consumerism in Czech Women's Childbirth Narratives

Czech Sociological Review
2014-12-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2014.50.6.150
Part of ISSN: 0038-0288
Part of ISSN: 2336-128X
Contributors: Ema Hrešanová
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Ema Hresanova

Medicínská antropologie a její aplikace.“ [Medical Anthropology and its Applications”]

Vybrané kapitoly z aplikované antropologie. [Selected chapters from applied anthropology]
2012 | Book chapter
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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“Genderovanost porodu jako příklad antropologického zkoumání lidské reprodukce: přehled klíčových konceptů.” [The Genderedness of Childbirth As an Example of an Anthropological Study of Human Reproduction: an Overview of Key Concepts].

Antropowebzin
2012 | Journal article
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

(Re)producing medical anthropology in Central and Eastern Europe

The Cargo - journal for social and cultural anthropology
2011 | Journal issue or edition
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

Health and Care Work in Postsocialist Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Anthropology of East Europe Review (AEER)
2011 | Journal issue or edition
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

Health and Care Work in Postsocialist Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Anthropology of East Europe Review
2011 | Journal issue or edition
Contributors: Ema Hresanova; Maryna Bazylevych
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Ema Hresanova

Re)producing medical anthropology in Central and Eastern Europe”

The Cargo - journal for social and cultural anthropology
2011 | Journal issue or edition
Contributors: Ema Hresanova; Edit Szénássy
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Ema Hresanova

“Hodnocení porodní péče z perspektivy českých žen.” [The Evaluation of Birth Care from the Perspective of Czech Women].

Tělo v rukou společnosti [The Body in Society’s Hands].
2011 | Book chapter
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

“Medical Anthropology and Related Qualitative Research in the Czech Republic.

Cargo
2011 | Journal article
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

První krok na sociologické stezce. [First Step on the Sociological Path]

Západočeská univerzita v Plzni (University of West Bohemia in Pilsen)
2010 | Book
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

The Moralities of Medicine and Birth Care in the Czech Republic: The Case of Arrested Mother

Durham Anthropology Journal
2010 | Journal article
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

“Za plnohodnotné občanství žen” [Hašková, Hana, Zuzana Uhde (eds). 2009. Women and social citizenship in Czech society: continuity and change. Praha: Sociologický ústav].

Gender, rovné příležitosti, výzkum
2010 | Book review
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

“Birth by Design. Book review: [De Vries, Raymond and Cecilia Benoit, Edwin R. van Teijlingen and Sirpa Wrede (eds.) 2001. Birth by Design.Pregnancy, Maternity Care, and Midwifery in North America and Europe. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-92337.]

Cargo
2009 | Book review
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

Kultury dvou porodnic: etnografická studie [The Cultures of Two Maternity Wards: An Ethnographic Study.]

Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
2008 | Book
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

Nové trendy v českém porodnictví a sociální nerovnosti mezi rodičkami [New Trends in the Czech Birthing System and Emerging Social Inequalities among Birthing Women]

Czech Sociological Review
2008-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2008.44.1.05
Part of ISSN: 0038-0288
Part of ISSN: 2336-128X
Contributors: Ema Hrešanová; Jaroslava Hasmanová Marhánková
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Ema Hresanova

Midwives, Women, and the Professionalization of Midwifery: An Ethnographic Study of Two Maternity hospitals in the Czech Republic

Cogniţie, Creier, Comportament/ Cognition, Brain, Behavior
2007 | Journal article
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

“Komercionalizace, konzumerismus a sociální nerovnosti mezi rodičkami.” [Commercialisation, Consumerism and Social Inequalities among Birthing Women”].

Antropologické symposium V. Sborník příspěvků z V. antropologického sympozia.
2007 | Book chapter
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

“Nová podoba rodiny a mezigenerační přenos sociálního statusu prostřednictvím porodní váhy.” [“New Family Forms and the Intergenerational Status Reproduction – a Study of the Early Sources of Social Reproduction through Birth Weight].

Sociální reprodukce a integrace: ideály a meze[Social Reproduction and Integration: Ideals and Limits].
2007 | Book chapter
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

“Report on PhD workshop“

ESA Newsletter RN 19, Sociology of Professions. [online].
2007 | Newsletter article
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

“České sociální vědy pokročily dále - o kolik?”

Biograf
2006 | Book review
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

“Ženy v porodnictví: znamená zrod nové profese porodní asistence konec medicínské hegemonie?” [“Women in Birth Care: Does the Birth of a New Midwifery Profession Mean the End of Medical Hegemony?”]

Acta Fakulty filozofické Západočeské univerzity v Plzni
2006 | Journal article
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

„Zpráva z konference Biografu.”[The Biograf conference report]

Biograf
2005 | Other
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

“Antropologie porodu”. [Anthropology of Childbirth].

Antropologické symposium III.
2004 | Book chapter
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

“Porodní asistentky ve dvou porodnicích ČR: etnografická studie”. Pp. 284-293. [Midwives in Two Maternity Hospitals in the Czech Republic: An Ethnographic Study].

Sféry ženy: žena skromná a žena verejná.
2004 | Book chapter
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

“Profesionalizace antropologie a etické instituce”. [Professionalisation of Anthropology and the Role of Ethical Institutions].

Biograf
2004 | Journal article
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova

Porodní zkušenosti českých žen: kvalitativní studie

Gender, rovné příležitosti, výzkum
Journal article
Contributors: Ema Hresanova
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Ema Hresanova
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