Embodying culture [electronic resource] : pregnancy in Japan and Israel / Tsipy Ivry.
2010
GN635.J2 I914 2010eb
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Title
Embodying culture [electronic resource] : pregnancy in Japan and Israel / Tsipy Ivry.
Author
Ivry, Tsipy.
ISBN
9780813546353 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813546354 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813546360 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813546362 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813546354 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813546360 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813546362 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2010.
Language
English
Description
x, 298 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
GN635.J2 I914 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
612.6/30952
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Studies in medical anthropology.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.