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Embodying Culture: Pregnancy in Japan and Israel
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2010
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Rutgers University Press
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Embodying Culture is an ethnographically grounded exploration of pregnancy in two different culturesùJapan and Israelùboth of which medicalize pregnancy. 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.
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PART ONE: The Doctoring of Pregnancy
PART TWO: Experiencing Pregnancy
PART THREE: Embodying Culture: Toward an Anthropology of Pregnancy
| ISBN | 9780813548302 |
|---|---|
| Related ISBN(s) | 9780813546353 |
| MARC Record | Download |
| OCLC | 593295659 |
| Pages | 312 |
| Launched on MUSE | 2012-01-01 |
| Language | English |
| Open Access | No |
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