Birth in eight cultures : Brazil, Greece, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Tanzania, United States

Birth in eight cultures : Brazil, Greece, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Tanzania, United States / edited by Robbie Davis-Floyd & Melissa Cheyney.

"This stunning sequel to Brigitte Jordan's landmark Birth in Four Cultures brings together the work of fifteen reproductive anthropologists to address core cultural values and knowledge systems as revealed in contemporary birth practices in Brazil, Greece, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, N...

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Main Authors: Davis-Floyd, Robbie (Author, Editor), Cheyney, Melissa (Author, Editor), Dixon, Lydia Zacher, 1980- (Author), Smith-Oka, Vania, 1975- (Author), El Kotni, Mounia (Author), Cogburn, Megan (Author), Strong, Adrienne E., 1988- (Author), Wood, Summer (Author), Williamson, K. Eliza (Author), Matsuoka, Etsuko (Author), Georges, Eugenia (Author), Daellenbach, Rea (Author), Goodarzi, Bahareh (Author), Wiegers, Therese Agnes, 1953- (Author), Vedam, Saraswathi (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Long Grove, Illinois : Waveland Press, Inc., [2019]
Subjects:
Childbirth > Cross-cultural studies.
Birth customs.
Childbirth > Folklore.
Obstetrics > Social aspects.
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Call Number: GT2460 .B578 2019
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