Ethnography of fertility and birth
By: edited by Carol P. MacCormack.
Contributors: MacCormack, Carol P.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Waveland Press; Brand: Waveland Pr Inc; Waveland Pr Inc
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Prospect Heights, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Childbirth -- Social aspects.; Fertility, Human.; Traditional medicine.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Biological, cultural, and  social meanings of fertility and birth / C.P. MacCormack; title: Sexual power and fertility in Sri Lanka / D.B. McGilvray; title: Enga birth, maturation, and survival / B.M. Gray; title: Health, fertility, and birth in Moyamba District, Sierra Leone / C.P. MacCormack; title: Interpretations of infertility / V. Ebin; title: Folk medicine and fertility / U. MacLean; title: The social context of birth / S. Kitzinger; title: Childbirth and change / S. Cosminsky; title: Pregnancy and birth as rites of passage for two groups of women in Britain / H. Homans; title: Childbirth in a scientific and industrial society / A.D. Jones and C. Dougherty.