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The manner born : birth rites in cross-cultural perspective / edited by Lauren Dundes.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Birth customs--Cross-cultural studies.
- Birth customs.
- Childbirth--Cross-cultural studies.
- Childbirth.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- This essential collection on maternal and child health focuses on the rites of giving birth from a cross-cultural perspective. The distinguished list of contributors describes the many customs surrounding birth through infancy, such as attitudes and techniques in childbirth, the influence of societal factors that differentiate Western from non-Western maternal birthing positions, the art of midwifery, customs and beliefs regarding breastfeeding, weaning, swaddling. This book will be valuable for courses in medical sociology and anthropology, public health or behavioral sciences, psychology and psychiatry, and for pre-med students.
- Contents:
- Childbirth in Cross-Cultural Perspective / Niles Newton, Michael Newton 9
- Evolutionary Environments of Human Birth and Infancy: Insights to Apply to Contemporary Life / Wenda R. Trevathan, James J. Mckenna 33
- The Evolution of Maternal Birthing Position / Lauren Dundes 55
- Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Midwifery / Sheila Cosminsky 69
- Imagery and Symbolism in the Birth Practices of Traditional Cultures / Brian Bates, Allison Newman Turner 87
- The Cultural Anthropology of the Placenta / Elaine Jones, Margarita A. Kay 101
- The Social History of the Caul / Thomas R. Forbes 119
- Roasting, Smoking, and Dieting in Response to Birth: Malay Confinement in Cross-Cultural Perspective / Lenore Manderson 137
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Is Infant-Parent Cosleeping Protective? / James J. McKenna 163
- The Cultural Characteristics of Breastfeeding: A Survey / Arthur Niehoff, Natalie Meister 181
- Culture and the Problem of Weaning / Cecil Slome 193
- Child Rearing in Certain European Countries / Ruth Benedict 211
- Ethnic Differences in Babies / Daniel G. Freedman 221.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0759102643
- 0759102651
- OCLC:
- 50510745
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