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

By: Contributor(s): Series: Studies in medical anthropologyPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2010.Description: x, 298 pISBN:
  • 9780813546353 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0813546354 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780813546360 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0813546362 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 612.6/30952 22
LOC classification:
  • GN635.J2 I914 2010eb
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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.

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