Childbirth Across Cultures - gebunden oder broschiert

EAN (ISBN-13): 9789048125982
ISBN (ISBN-10): 9048125987
Gebundene Ausgabe
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Herausgeber: Springer
314 Seiten
Gewicht: 0,632 kg
Sprache: eng/Englisch

Buch in der Datenbank seit 2009-03-15T14:17:25+01:00 (Berlin)
Detailseite zuletzt geändert am 2023-01-30T00:01:43+01:00 (Berlin)
ISBN/EAN: 9048125987

ISBN - alternative Schreibweisen:
90-481-2598-7, 978-90-481-2598-2
Alternative Schreibweisen und verwandte Suchbegriffe:
Autor des Buches: stone, helaine selin, callister
Titel des Buches: acro, science practice and culture, history science cultures, history science non western, and across

---

Daten vom Verlag:

Autor/in: Helaine Selin
Titel: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science; Childbirth Across Cultures - Ideas and Practices of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Postpartum
Verlag: Springer; Springer Netherland
314 Seiten
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009-10-16
Dordrecht; NL
Gedruckt / Hergestellt in Niederlande.
Sprache: Englisch
246,09 € (DE)
252,99 € (AT)
271,50 CHF (CH)
POD
XVIII, 314 p. 33 illus. in color.

BB; Hardcover, Softcover / Soziologie/Sonstiges; Anthropologie; Verstehen; biocultural; birth; child; labour; politics; power; pregnancy; ritual; Anthropology; Regional Cultural Studies; Gynecology; Kulturwissenschaften; Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe; BC

Birth and the Big Bad Wolf: An Evolutionary Perspective1.- Breastfeeding and Child Spacing.- Culturally Diverse Women Giving Birth: Their Stories.- A History of Western Medicine, Labor, and Birth.- Childbirth in China.- Childbirth Among Hong Kong Chinese.- Childbirth in Korea.- Childbirth in Japan.- A Sacramental Theory of Childbirth in India.- Rural Midwives in South India: The Politics of Bodily Knowledge.- Constructions of Birth in Bangladesh.- Pregnancy and Childbirth in Nepal: Women’s Role and Decision-Making Power.- Pregnancy and Childbirth in Tibet: Knowledge, Perspectives, and Practices.- Nyob Nruab Hlis: Thirty Days Confinement in Hmong Culture.- Pregnancy, Childbirth and Traditional Beliefs and Practices in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.- Childbirth Experience in the Negev – The Southern Region of Israel.- Childbirth and Maternal Mortality in Morocco: The Role of Midwives.- Childbirth in Zimbabwe.- Childbirth in Nigeria.- Childbirth in Tanzania: Individual, Family, Community.- Culture, Pregnancy and Childbirth in Uganda: Surviving the Women’s Battle.- Childbirth Experiences in Malawi.- Navajo Birth: A Bridge Between the Past and the Future.- Childbirth in the Mayan Communities.- Converting Birth on Simbo, Western Solomon Islands.- Childbirth in Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women.
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 birth and the conduct of the mother during labour? This volume shows how birth process is connected to the culture and illustrates why birth is a biocultural event This volume illustrates the many ways it is possible to give birth, so that parents can realize that the biomedical model is not the only one