Birthing in the Pacific : Beyond Tradition and Modernity? /

This collection explores birthing in the Pacific against the background of debates about tradition and modernity. A wide-ranging introduction and conclusion, together with case studies from Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Tonga, show how simple contrasts between traditional and m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jolly, Margaret (Editor ), Lukere, Vicki (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2001]
Temas:
Childbirth > Islands of the Pacific.
Birth customs > Islands of the Pacific.
Naissance > Rites et coutumes > Pacifique, Îles du.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Birth customs.
Childbirth.
Pacific Ocean > Islands of the Pacific.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction Birthing Beyond the Confinements of Tradition and Modernity? / Jolly, Margaret
  • 1. From Mā'uli to Motivator: Transformations in Reproductive Health Care in Tonga / Morton, Helen
  • 2. Childbirth in Papua New Guinean Villages and in Port Moresby General Hospital / Fiti-Sinclair, Ruta
  • 3. Obligatory Maternity and Diminished Reproductive Autonomy in A'jië and Paicî Kanak Societies: A Female Perspective / Salomon, Christine
  • 4. Native Obstetric Nursing in Fiji / Lukere, Vicki
  • 5. Colonial Impregnations: Reconceptions of Maternal Health Practice on Nua'ata, Papua New Guinea / Mallett, Shelley
  • 6. From Darkness to Light? Epidemiologies and Ethnographies of Motherhood in Vanuatu / Jolly, Margaret
  • Conclusion. Wider Reflections and a Survey of Literature / Lukere, Vicki
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index

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