书目名称 | Childbirth Across Cultures |
副标题 | Ideas and Practices |
编辑 | Helaine Selin |
视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/226/225104/225104.mp4 |
概述 | This volume is unique in bringing together experiences of birth and pregnancy from more than 20 cultures around the world.This volume brings a unifying theme: Power — who makes the decisions about bir |
丛书名称 | Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science |
图书封面 |  |
描述 | .This book will explore the childbirth process through globally diverse perspectives in order to offer a broader context with which to think about birth. We will address multiple rituals and management models surrounding the labor and birth process from communities across the globe...Labor and birth are biocultural events that are managed in countless ways. We are particularly interested in the notion of power. Who controls the pregnancy and the birth? Is it the hospital, the doctor, or the in-laws, and in which cultures does the mother have the control? These decisions, regarding place of birth, position, who receives the baby and even how the mother may or may not behave during the actual delivery, are all part of the different ways that birth is conducted...One chapter of the book will be devoted to midwives and other birth attendants. There will also be chapters on the Evolution of Birth, on Women’s Birth Narratives, and on Child Spacing and Breastfeeding...This book will bring together global research conducted by professional anthropologists, midwives and doctors who work closely with the individuals from the cultures they are writing about, offering a unique perspective dire |
出版日期 | Book 2009 |
关键词 | biocultural; birth; child; labour; politics; power; pregnancy; ritual |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2599-9 |
isbn_softcover | 978-94-007-3058-8 |
isbn_ebook | 978-90-481-2599-9Series ISSN 1568-2145 Series E-ISSN 2215-1761 |
issn_series | 1568-2145 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 |