The Manner Born - Birth Rites in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Hardcover)

This essential collection on maternal and child health focuses on the rites of giving birth from a cross-cultural perspective. The distinguished list of contributors describe the many customs surrounding birth through infancy, highlighting a wide range of variation in practices across cultures. They discuss attitudes and techniques in childbirth, the interaction between human evolutionary form and birthing procedures, the influence of societal factors that differentiate Western from non-Western maternal birthing positions, and the art of midwifery. Also treated are less well-known areas of birthing such as the imagery of birthing, placenta rituals, and popular beliefs about the amniotic membrane called a caul. In addition, the authors explore the humoral medical tradition used in birthing, the possible influence of cultural practices on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), customs and beliefs regarding breastfeeding, weaning, swaddling, and finally a sociobiological perspective on early infant behavior. This book will be valuable for courses in medical sociology and anthropology, public health or behavioral sciences, psychology and psychiatry, and for pre-med students.

General

Imprint:	AltaMira Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2003
First published:	March 2003
Editors:	Lauren Dundes
Contributors:	Niles Newton • Michael Newton • Wenda R. Trevathan • James J. McKenna • Sheila Cosminsky (Rutgers University • Brian Bates • Allison Newman Turner • Elaine Jones & Margarita A. Kay • Thomas R Forbes
Dimensions:	237 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-7591-0264-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Customs Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > General
LSN:	0-7591-0264-3
Barcode:	9780759102644

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