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Embodying culture pregnancy in Japan and Israel
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Title
Embodying culture [electronic resource] : pregnancy in Japan and Israel / Tsipy Ivry.
ISBN
9780813546353 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813546354 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813546360 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813546362 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2010.
Physical Description
x, 298 p. ; 23 cm.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 11, 2011
Series
Studies in medical anthropology
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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