Birthing in the Pacific : beyond tradition and modernity? / edited by Vicki Lukere and Margaret Jolly.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lukere, Vicki.

Jolly, Margaret.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Childbirth--Islands of the Pacific.

Childbirth.

Birth customs--Islands of the Pacific.

Birth customs.

Physical Description:

xi, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi, [2002]

Summary:

This collection explores birthing in the Pacific against the background of debates about tradition and modernity. A wide-ranging introduction and conclusion, together with case studies from Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Tonga, show how simple contrasts between traditional and modern practices, technocratic and organic models of childbirth, indigenous and foreign approaches, and notions of "before" and "after" can be potent but problematic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-231) and index.

ISBN:

0824824083

0824824849

OCLC:

47863207