Embodying culture :: pregnancy in Japan and Israel /

Embodying Culture is an ethnographically grounded exploration of pregnancy in two different culturesùJapan and Israelùboth of which medicalize pregnancy. Tsipy Ivryfocuses on "low-risk" or "normal" pregnancies, using cultural comparison to explorethe complex relations among eth...

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1. Verfasser: Ivry, Tsipy
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010.
Schriftenreihe:Studies in medical anthropology.
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Zusammenfassung:Embodying Culture is an ethnographically grounded exploration of pregnancy in two different culturesùJapan and Israelùboth of which medicalize pregnancy. Tsipy Ivryfocuses on "low-risk" or "normal" pregnancies, using cultural comparison to explorethe complex relations among ethnic ideas about procreation, local reproductive politics, medical models of pregnancy care, and local modes of maternal agency.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 298 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813548302
0813548306
9781280493492
1280493496

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