LEADER 03774nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910456593203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-49349-6 010 $a9786613588722 010 $a0-8135-4830-6 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813548302 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007915 035 $a(EBL)871479 035 $a(OCoLC)593295659 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000337104 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11260823 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337104 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10301863 035 $a(PQKB)10415398 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC871479 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8074 035 $a(DE-B1597)530241 035 $a(OCoLC)1129217168 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813548302 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL871479 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10367304 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358872 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007915 100 $a20090212d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmbodying culture$b[electronic resource] $epregnancy in Japan and Israel /$fTsipy Ivry 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in medical anthropology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4635-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aEmbodying Culture is an ethnographically grounded exploration of pregnancy in two different cultures-Japan and Israel-both of which medicalize pregnancy. Tsipy Ivry focuses on "low-risk" or "normal" pregnancies, using cultural comparison to explore the complex relations among ethnic ideas about procreation, local reproductive politics, medical models of pregnancy care, and local modes of maternal agency. The ethnography pieces together the voices of pregnant Japanese and Israeli women, their doctors, their partners, the literature they read, and depicts various clinical encounters such as ultrasound scans, explanatory classes for amniocentesis, birthing classes, and special pregnancy events. The emergent pictures suggest that athough experiences of pregnancy in Japan and Israel differ, pregnancy in both cultures is an energy-consuming project of meaning-making- suggesting that the sense of biomedical technologies are not only in the technologies themselves but are assigned by those who practice and experience them. 410 0$aStudies in medical anthropology. 606 $aPregnancy$zJapan 606 $aPregnancy$zIsrael 606 $aPregnant women$xMedical care$zJapan 606 $aPregnant women$xMedical care$zIsrael 606 $aMedical anthropology$zJapan 606 $aMedical anthropology$zIsrael 607 $aJapan$xSocial life and customs 607 $aIsrael$xSocial life and customs 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPregnancy 615 0$aPregnancy 615 0$aPregnant women$xMedical care 615 0$aPregnant women$xMedical care 615 0$aMedical anthropology 615 0$aMedical anthropology 676 $a612.6/30952 700 $aIvry$b Tsipy$01027634 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456593203321 996 $aEmbodying culture$92443202 997 $aUNINA