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Unsafe motherhood : Mayan maternal mortality and subjectivity in post-war Guatemala / Nicole S. Berry.
Penn Museum Library RG530.3.G9 B47 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berry, Nicole S., 1970-
- Series:
- Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 21.
- Fertility, reproduction and sexuality ; v. 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maternal Welfare--ethnology.
- Mothers--Mortality.
- Guatemala.
- Maternal Mortality--ethnology.
- Prenatal Care.
- Mothers--Mortality--Guatemala.
- Mothers.
- Mothers--Mortality--Guatemala--Prevention.
- Medical Subjects:
- Maternal Welfare--ethnology.
- Guatemala.
- Maternal Mortality--ethnology.
- Prenatal Care.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.
- Contents:
- Life, birth, and death in the village
- Coming to the ER : analysis of an interaction
- Global safe motherhood and making local pregnancy safer : the spin and what it covers up
- The Indio bruto and modern Guatemalan healthcare
- Everyday violence : from a Kaqchikel village to the nation and back
- Praying for a good outcome : staying at home during obstetric problems.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781845457525
- 1845457528
- OCLC:
- 641527786
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