A Good Position for Birth : Pregnancy, Risk, and Development in Southern Belize /

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"This book provides an ethnographically rich analysis of pregnancy and birth in southern Belize at the intersection of local public health initiatives, transnational development projects, and the culturally influenced beliefs and behaviors of pregnant women. Herein lie the stories of real women...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Maraësa, Aminata (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Pregnant women.
Maternal health services.
Birth customs.
Manners and customs.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > Caribbean & Latin American.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Moeurs et coutumes.
Naissance > Rites et coutumes > Belize.
Femmes enceintes > Belize.
Cultural Characteristics
Parturition > ethnology
Maternal Health Services
Birth customs > Belize.
Pregnant women > Belize.
Maternal health services > Belize.
Belize.
Belize
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Local Values in Action
  • 2. Risk and Blame
  • 3. In a Good Position
  • 4. Fearless Encounters
  • 5. ""Obeah Pregnancy"" and the Power of Shame
  • 6. Adoption and Anthropological Complicity
  • 7. Of Birth . . . and Death
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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