Childbirth across cultures: ideas and practices of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum
editor, Helaine Selin; co-editor, Pamela K. Stone
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- Book (Print/Paper)
- Publication:
- New York : Springer Verlag, 2009
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- Table of Contents:
- Birth and the Big Bad Wolf: An Evolutionary Perspective / Robbie Davis-Floyd and Melissa Cheyney
- Breastfeeding and Child Spacing / Rebecca Sundhagen
- Culturally Diverse Women Giving Birth: Their Stories / Lynn Clark Callister and Inaam Khalaf
- A History of Western Medicine, Labor, and Birth / Pamela K. Stone
- Childbirth in China / Travis Anna Harvey and Lila Buckley
- Childbirth Among Hong Kong Chinese / Ip Wan-Yim
- Childbirth in Korea / Sukhee Ahn
- Childbirth in Japan / Satoko Yanagisawa
- A Sacramental Theory of Childbirth in India / Harish Naraindas
- Rural Midwives in South India: The Politics of Bodily Knowledge / Kalpana Ram
- Constructions of Birth in Bangladesh / Kaosar Afsana and Sabina Faiz Rashid
- Pregnancy and Childbirth in Nepal: women's Role and Decision-Making Power / Pratima P. Acharya and Dilu Rimal
- Pregnancy and Childbirth in Tibet: Knowledge, Perspectives, and Practices / Sienna R. Craig
- Nyob Nruab Hlis: Thirty Days Confinement in Hmong Culture / Pranee Liamputtong
- Pregnancy, Childbirth and Traditional Beliefs and Practices in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand / Pranee Liamputtong
- Childbirth Experience in the Negev, The Southern Region of Israel / Iris Ohel and Eyal Sheiner
- Childbirth and Maternal Mortality in Morocco: The Role of Midwives / Marie Hatem, Fatima Temmar and Bilkis Vissandjee
- Childbirth in Zimbabwe / Thubelihle Mathole and Simukai Shamu
- Childbirth in Nigeria / Hadiza Shehu Galadanci and Suwaiba Ibrahim Sani
- Childbirth in Tanzania: Individual, Family, Community / David P. Urassa, Andrea B. Pembe and Bruno F. Sunguya
- Culture, Pregnancy and Childbirth in Uganda: Surviving the Women's Battle / Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo
- Childbirth Experiences in Malawi / Lennie Adeline Kamwendo
- Navajo Birth: A Bridge Between the Past and the Future / R. Cruz Begay
- Childbirth in the Mayan Communities / Linda V. Walsh
- Converting Birth on Simbo, Western Solomon Islands / Christine Dureau
- Childbirth in Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women / Sue Kildea and M. Wardaguga.
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- Languages:
- English
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- Item content: English
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Call Numbers:
- GN482.1 .C53 2009
- ISBNs:
- 9789048125982
9048125987 - OCLC Numbers:
- 592432333
429023407 [Invalid]