Title:
Childbirth across cultures : ideas and practices of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum
JLCTITLE245:
Helaine Selin, editor ; Pamela K. Stone, co-editor.
Publication Information:
Dordrecht : Springer Verlag, 2009.
Physical Description:
xvii, 314 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9789048125982
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Birth and the Big Bad Wolf: An Evolutionary Perspective / Robbie Davis-Floyd and Melissa Cheyney -- Breastfeeding and Child Spacing / Rebecca Sundhagen -- Culturally Diverse Women Giving Birth: Their Stories / Lynn Clark Callister and Inaam Khalaf -- A History of Western Medicine, Labor, and Birth / Pamela K. Stone -- Childbirth in China / Travis Anna Harvey and Lila Buckley -- Childbirth Among Hong Kong Chinese / Ip Wan-Yim -- Childbirth in Korea / Sukhee Ahn -- Childbirth in Japan / Satoko Yanagisawa -- A Sacramental Theory of Childbirth in India / Harish Naraindas -- Rural Midwives in South India: The Politics of Bodily Knowledge / Kalpana Ram -- Constructions of Birth in Bangladesh / Kaosar Afsana and Sabina Faiz Rashid -- Pregnancy and Childbirth in Nepal: women's Role and Decision-Making Power / Pratima P. Acharya and Dilu Rimal -- Pregnancy and Childbirth in Tibet: Knowledge, Perspectives, and Practices / Sienna R. Craig -- Nyob Nruab Hlis: Thirty Days Confinement in Hmong Culture / Pranee Liamputtong -- Pregnancy, Childbirth and Traditional Beliefs and Practices in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand / Pranee Liamputtong -- Childbirth Experience in the Negev, The Southern Region of Israel / Iris Ohel and Eyal Sheiner -- Childbirth and Maternal Mortality in Morocco: The Role of Midwives / Marie Hatem, Fatima Temmar and Bilkis Vissandjee -- Childbirth in Zimbabwe / Thubelihle Mathole and Simukai Shamu -- Childbirth in Nigeria / Hadiza Shehu Galadanci and Suwaiba Ibrahim Sani -- Childbirth in Tanzania: Individual, Family, Community / David P. Urassa, Andrea B. Pembe and Bruno F. Sunguya -- Culture, Pregnancy and Childbirth in Uganda: Surviving the Women's Battle / Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo -- Childbirth Experiences in Malawi / Lennie Adeline Kamwendo -- Navajo Birth: A Bridge Between the Past and the Future / R. Cruz Begay -- Childbirth in the Mayan Communities / Linda V. Walsh -- Converting Birth on Simbo, Western Solomon Islands / Christine Dureau -- Childbirth in Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women / Sue Kildea and M. Wardaguga.