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
Autor principal: Ivry, Tsipy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
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.
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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