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Ivry, Tsipy.

Embodying culture : pregnancy in Japan and Israel / Tsipy Ivry. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2010. - x, 298 p. ; 23 cm. - Studies in medical anthropology . - Studies in medical anthropology. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: pregnancy, cultural comparison, multisited ethnographies -- The doctoring of pregnancy -- A risky business: pregnancy in the eyes of Israeli ob-gyns -- The twofold structure of Japanese prenatal care -- Experiencing pregnancy -- The path of bonding -- The path of ambiguity -- Embodying culture: toward an anthropology of pregnancy -- Juxtapositions -- Pregnant with meaning.

ISBN: 9780813546353 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0813546354 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780813546360 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0813546362 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009006025

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pregnancy--Japan.
Pregnancy--Israel.
Pregnant women--Medical care--Japan.
Pregnant women--Medical care--Israel.
Medical anthropology--Japan.
Medical anthropology--Israel.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Japan--Social life and customs.
Israel--Social life and customs.

LC Class. No.: GN635.J2 / I914 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 612.6/30952