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Developing destinies : a Mayan midwife and town / Barbara Rogoff ; with Chona Perez Gonzalez, Chonita Chavajay Quiacain, and Josue Chavajay Quiacain.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rogoff, Barbara.
- Series:
- Child development in cultural context.
- Child development in cultural context
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Midwives--Guatemala--Biography.
- Midwives.
- Culture--Guatemala.
- Culture.
- Delivery (Obstetrics)--Guatemala.
- Delivery (Obstetrics).
- Maternal and infant welfare--Guatemala.
- Maternal and infant welfare.
- Traditional medicine--Guatemala.
- Traditional medicine.
- Social change--Guatemala.
- Social change.
- Pérez González, Chona.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (354 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Developing destinies is an engaging narrative of one remarkable person's life and the life of her community that blends psychology, anthropology, and history to reveal the integral role that culture plays in human development.
- Contents:
- Beginnings : stability and change
- Living culture, across generations
- Meeting Chona and San Pedro
- Paper with a mouth, recounting the destiny and development of an iyoom and her community
- Born to a spiritual calling, across generations : cultural heritage and resistance
- Childhood and where babies come from
- A becoming young woman
- Changing memories in changing practices
- Entry and prominence in a sacred profession
- Ripples across generations and nations in Mayan pregnancy and childbirth
- Ripples across generations and nations in birth destinies and postnatal care
- Ways of learning across times and places
- Traditions and transformations.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029561-9
- 9786613116055
- 0-19-971780-X
- 1-283-11605-7
- OCLC:
- 922970084
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