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EuroAmerican cultures have considered that human status was conferred at the conclusion to childbirth. This book argues that the displacement of birth as the threshold of the living subject began in the 1950s with the novel concept of 'perinatal mortality' referring to death of either the foetus or the newborn just prior to, during or after birth

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A critique of new social movement (NSM) theories, based on an extensive review of NSM & other literature. It is suggested that NSM theorists have created & maintained a false distinction between pre- & post-WWII social movements by oversimplifying the histories of the movements of women, workers, racial & ethnic minorities, pacifists, & environmentalists. The NSM argument that recent movements were the first to organize around issues of identity is disputed with evidence from such turn-of-the-century leaders as W. E. B. DuBois & Marcus Garvey. Furthermore, the connections between changing post-WWII social conditions & the NSMs are problematic. Important continuities between the historical eras are cited & attention is drawn to movement cycles in an attempt to formulate a theory better oriented toward furthering the goals of social movements. D. Schwartz