Embodying culture : pregnancy in Japan and Israel / Tsipy Ivry.
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TextSeries: Studies in medical anthropologyPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (x, 298 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780813548302
- 0813548306
- 9781280493492
- 1280493496
- 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
- Cross-cultural studies
- Pregnancy -- psychology
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- Pregnancy -- ethnology
- Pregnant Women -- ethnology
- Pregnant Women -- psychology
- Prenatal Care -- psychology
- Japan
- Israel
- Grossesse -- Japon
- Grossesse -- Israël
- Femmes enceintes -- Soins médicaux -- Japon
- Femmes enceintes -- Soins médicaux -- Israël
- Japon -- Mœurs et coutumes
- Études transculturelles
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Pregnancy & Childbirth
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General
- Manners and customs
- Medical anthropology
- Pregnancy
- Pregnant women -- Medical care
- Israel
- Japan
- 612.6/30952 22
- GN635.J2 I914 2010eb
- 2009 L-462
- WQ 200
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Embodying Culture is an ethnographically grounded exploration of pregnancy in two different culturesùJapan and Israelùboth of which medicalize pregnancy. Tsipy Ivryfocuses on "low-risk" or "normal" pregnancies, using cultural comparison to explorethe 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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