Developing destinies
Subtitle: a Mayan midwife and town
By: Barbara Rogoff ; with Chona Pérez González, Chonita Chavajay Quiacaín, and Josué Chavajay Quiacaín
Contributors: Pérez González, Chona; Chavajay Quiacaín, Chonita; Chavajay Quiacaín, Josué
Series: Child development in cultural context; Child development in cultural context
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780195319903
Subjects: Ethnology; Maternal Welfare; Traditional Medicine; Social Change; Culture; Midwifery; Midwives; Obstetric Delivery; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings : stability and change --; title: Living culture, across generations --; title: Meeting Chona and San Pedro --; title: Paper with a mouth, recounting the developing destinies of an iyoom and her community --; title: Born to a spiritual calling, across generations : cultural heritage and resistance --; title: Childhood and where babies come from --; title: A becoming young woman --; title: Changing memories in changing practices --; title: Entry and prominence in a sacred profession --; title: Ripples across generations and nations in Mayan pregnancy and childbirth --; title: Ripples across generations and nations in birth destinies and postnatal care --; title: Ways of learning across times and places --; title: Traditions and transformations.