Description
| Summary: | All cultures are concerned with the business of childbirth, so much so that it can never be described as a purely physiological or even psychological event. This volume draws together work from a range of anthropologists and midwives who have found anthropological approaches useful in their work. Using case studies from a variety of cultural settings, the writers explore the centrality of the way time is conceptualized, marked and measured to the ways of perceiving and managing childbirth: how women, midwives and other birth attendants are affected by issues of power and control.
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| Item Description: | Originally published 2009. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 pages). |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9780857455420
0857455427 |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on Apr. 30, 2014). |
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