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Embodying culture : pregnancy in Japan and Israel /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ivry, Tsipy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2010]
Series:Studies in medical anthropology.
Subjects:
Pregnancy > Japan.
Pregnancy > Israel.
Pregnant women > Medical care > Japan.
Pregnant women > Medical care > Israel.
Medical anthropology > Japan.
Medical anthropology > Israel.
Japan > Social life and customs.
Israel > Social life and customs.
Table of 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.