Embodying culture : pregnancy in Japan and Israel /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ivry, Tsipy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010.
Colección:Studies in medical anthropology.
Temas:
Pregnancy > Japan.
Pregnancy > Israel.
Pregnant women > Medical care > Japan.
Pregnant women > Medical care > Israel.
Medical anthropology > Japan.
Medical anthropology > Israel.
Cross-cultural studies.
Pregnancy > psychology
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Pregnancy > ethnology
Pregnant Women > ethnology
Pregnant Women > psychology
Prenatal Care > psychology
Grossesse > Japon.
Grossesse > Israël.
Femmes enceintes > Soins médicaux > Japon.
Femmes enceintes > Soins médicaux > Israël.
Études transculturelles.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Pregnancy & Childbirth.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Cross-cultural studies
Manners and customs
Medical anthropology
Pregnancy
Pregnant women > Medical care
Japan > Social life and customs.
Israel > Social life and customs.
Japan
Israel
Japon > Mœurs et coutumes.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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