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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Ivry, Tsipy
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Pregnant women > Medical care.
Pregnancy.
Medical anthropology.
Manners and customs.
Cross-cultural studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Pregnancy & Childbirth.
Études transculturelles.
Femmes enceintes > Soins medicaux > Israël.
Femmes enceintes > Soins medicaux > Japon.
Grossesse > Israël.
Grossesse > Japon.
Prenatal Care > psychology
Pregnant Women > psychology
Pregnant Women > ethnology
Pregnancy > ethnology
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Pregnancy > psychology
Medical anthropology > Israel.
Medical anthropology > Japan.
Pregnant women > Medical care > Israel.
Pregnant women > Medical care > Japan.
Pregnancy > Israel.
Pregnancy > Japan.
Japan.
Israel.
Japon > Moeurs et coutumes.
Israel
Japan
Israel > Social life and customs.
Japan > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 ethnic ideas about procreation, local reproductive politics, medical models of pregnancy care, and local modes of maternal agency.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9780813546360

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