Embodying culture
Subtitle: pregnancy in Japan and Israel
By: Tsipy Ivry.
Series: Studies in medical anthropology
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813546353; 9780813546360
Subjects: Pregnancy -- Japan; Pregnancy -- Israel; Pregnant women -- Medical care -- Japan; Pregnant women -- Medical care -- Israel; Medical anthropology -- Japan; Medical anthropology -- Israel; Japan -- Social life and customs; Israel -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: pregnancy, cultural comparison, multi-sited ethnographies; title: The doctoring of pregnancy; title: Pregnancy in the eyes of Israeli ob-gyns; title: The front and the backstage of Japanese prenatal care; title: Experiencing pregnancy; title: The path of bonding; title: The path of ambiguity; title: Embodying culture: toward an anthropology of pregnancy; title: Juxtapositions; title: Pregnant with meaning.