Embodying Culture : Pregnancy in Japan and Israel.
Title:
Embodying Culture : Pregnancy in Japan and Israel.
Author:
Ivry, Tsipy.
ISBN:
9780813548302
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (313 pages)
Series:
Studies in Medical Anthropology
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Pregnancy, Cultural Comparison, Multisited Ethnographies -- PART ONE: The Doctoring of Pregnancy -- 1: A Risky Business Pregnancy in the Eyes of Israeli Ob-Gyns -- 2: The Twofold Structure of Japanese Prenatal Care -- PART TWO: Experiencing Pregnancy -- 3: The Path of Bonding -- 4: The Path of Ambiguity -- PART THREE: Embodying Culture: Toward an Anthropology of Pregnancy -- 5: Juxtapositions -- 6: Pregnant with Meaning -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Embodying Culture is an ethnographically grounded exploration of pregnancy in two different culturesùJapan and Israelùboth of which medicalize pregnancy. Tsipy Ivryfocuses on "low-risk" or "normal" pregnancies, using cultural comparison to explorethe complex relations among ethnic ideas about procreation, local reproductive politics,medical models of pregnancy care, and local modes of maternal agency.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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