Unsafe Motherhood : Mayan Maternal Mortality and Subjectivity in Post-War Guatemala /

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"[S]heds light not only on the obstacles to making motherhood safer, but to improving the health of poor populations in general."-Social Anthropology Since 1987, when the global community first recognized the high frequency of women in developing countries dying from pregnancy-related caus...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berry, Nicole S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2010]
Colección:Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives ; 21
Temas:
Childbirth at home > Guatemala > Santa Cruz La Laguna.
Maternal health services > Guatemala > Santa Cruz La Laguna.
Mothers > Mortality > Guatemala > Santa Cruz La Laguna.
Pregnancy > Complications > Guatemala > Santa Cruz La Laguna.
Prenatal care.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
Guatemala.
Maternal Mortality.
Mayans.
development.
global health.
latin america.
maternal death.
maternal health.
medical anthropology.
midwifery.
midwives.
motherhood.
pregnancy.
the Maya.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue. The Story of Rosario
  • Introduction. The Specter of Death
  • Chapter 1. Life, Birth, and Death in the Village
  • Chapter 2. Coming to the ER: Analysis of an Interaction
  • Chapter 3. Global Safe Motherhood and Making Local Pregnancy Safer: The Spin and What It Covers Up
  • Chapter 4. The Indio Bruto and Modern Guatemalan Healthcare
  • Chapter 5. Everyday Violence: From a Kaqchikel Village to the Nation and Back
  • Chapter 6. Praying for a Good Outcome: Staying at Home during Obstetric Problems
  • Conclusion. Putting the "Maternal" Back in Maternal Mortality
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Subject Index
  • Index to Ethnographic Vignettes

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