Ethnography of fertility and birth / edited by Carol P. MacCormack.

Other author MacCormack, Carol P.
Format Book
Edition2nd. ed.
Publication InfoProspect Heights, Ill. : Waveland Press, 1994.
Descriptionxii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Biological, cultural, and social meanings of fertility and birth / C.P. MacCormack -- Sexual power and fertility in Sri Lanka: Batticaloa Tamils and Moors / D.B. McGilvray -- Enga birth, maturation, and survival / B.M. Gray -- Health, fertility, and birth in Moyamba District, Sierra Leone / C.P. MacCormack -- Interpretations of infertility: the Aowin people of Southwest Ghana / V. Ebin -- Folk medicine and fertility: aspects of Yoruba medical practice affecting women / U. Maclean -- The social context of birth / S. Kitzinger -- Childbirth and change: a Guatemalan study / S. Cosminsky -- Pregnancy and birth as rites of passage for two groups of women in Britain / H. Homans -- Childbirth in a scientific and industrial society / A.D. Jones and C. Dougherty.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
ISBN0881338176 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GN482.1 .E85 1994 ✔ Available Place Hold