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Titolo: | Childbirth, midwifery and concepts of time / / edited by Christine McCourt |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2009 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina: | 618.4 |
Soggetto topico: | Childbirth |
Midwifery | |
Public health | |
Time - Sociological aspects | |
Altri autori: | McCourtChristine <1960-> |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | pt. I. Historical and cultural context -- pt. II. Time and childbirth practices -- pt. III. Time and childbirth experiences. |
Sommario/riassunto: | All cultures are concerned with the business of childbirth, so much so that it can never be described as a purely physiological or even psychological event. This volume draws together work from a range of anthropologists and midwives who have found anthropological approaches useful in their work. Using case studies from a variety of cultural settings, the writers explore the centrality of the way time is conceptualized, marked and measured to the ways of perceiving and managing childbirth: how women, midwives and other birth attendants are affected by issues of power and control, but also a |
Titolo autorizzato: | Childbirth, midwifery and concepts of time |
ISBN: | 1-84545-586-X |
0-85745-542-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910817232303321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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