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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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©2010.
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| coleção: | Studies in medical anthropology.
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| Acesso em linha: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=311972 |
Sumário:
- Introduction: pregnancy, cultural comparison, multisited ethnographies
- The doctoring of pregnancy
- A risky business: pregnancy in the eyes of Israeli ob-gyns
- The twofold structure of Japanese prenatal care
- Experiencing pregnancy
- The path of bonding
- The path of ambiguity
- Embodying culture: toward an anthropology of pregnancy
- Juxtapositions
- Pregnant with meaning.