Embodying culture [electronic resource] : pregnancy in Japan and Israel / Tsipy Ivry.

By: Ivry, TsipyContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in medical anthropologyPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2010Description: x, 298 pSubject(s): Pregnancy -- Japan | Pregnancy -- Israel | Pregnant women -- Medical care -- Japan | Pregnant women -- Medical care -- Israel | Medical anthropology -- Japan | Medical anthropology -- Israel | Japan -- Social life and customs | Israel -- Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 612.6/30952 LOC classification: GN635.J2 | I914 2010Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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