Embodying Culture

Author: Tsipy Ivry
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0813546362

Embodying Culture: Pregnancy in Japan and Israel (Studies in Medical Anthropology)

Embodying Culture is an ethnographically grounded exploration of pregnancy in two different cultures-Japan and Israel-both of which medicalize pregnancy. Get Embodying Culture diet books 2013 for free.
Tsipy Ivry focuses on "low-risk" or "normal" pregnancies, using cultural comparison to explore the complex relations among ethnic ideas about procreation, local reproductive politics, medical models of pregnancy care, and local modes of maternal agency.The ethnography pieces together the voices of pregnant Japanese and Israeli women, their doctors, their partners, the literature they read, and depicts various clinical encounters such as ultrasound scans, explanatory classes for amniocentesis, birthing classes, and special pregnancy events.The emergent pictures suggest that athough e Check Embodying Culture our best diet books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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