03760nam 2200781 a 450 991080861970332120240516133346.01-280-49349-697866135887220-8135-4830-610.36019/9780813548302(CKB)2520000000007915(EBL)871479(OCoLC)593295659(SSID)ssj0000337104(PQKBManifestationID)11260823(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337104(PQKBWorkID)10301863(PQKB)10415398(MiAaPQ)EBC871479(MdBmJHUP)muse8074(DE-B1597)530241(OCoLC)1129217168(DE-B1597)9780813548302(Au-PeEL)EBL871479(CaPaEBR)ebr10367304(CaONFJC)MIL358872(EXLCZ)99252000000000791520090212d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEmbodying culture[electronic resource] pregnancy in Japan and Israel /Tsipy Ivry1st ed.New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20101 online resource (313 p.)Studies in medical anthropologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-4635-4 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.Embodying Culture is an ethnographically grounded exploration of pregnancy in two different cultures-Japan and Israel-both 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. The ethnography pieces together the voices of pregnant Japanese and Israeli women, their doctors, their partners, the literature they read, and depicts various clinical encounters such as ultrasound scans, explanatory classes for amniocentesis, birthing classes, and special pregnancy events. The emergent pictures suggest that athough experiences of pregnancy in Japan and Israel differ, pregnancy in both cultures is an energy-consuming project of meaning-making- suggesting that the sense of biomedical technologies are not only in the technologies themselves but are assigned by those who practice and experience them.Studies in medical anthropology.PregnancyJapanPregnancyIsraelPregnant womenMedical careJapanPregnant womenMedical careIsraelMedical anthropologyJapanMedical anthropologyIsraelJapanSocial life and customsIsraelSocial life and customsPregnancyPregnancyPregnant womenMedical carePregnant womenMedical careMedical anthropologyMedical anthropology612.6/30952Ivry Tsipy1716187MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808619703321Embodying culture4111363UNINA