Childbirth Across Cultures: Ideas and Practices of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Postpartum

319 Pages·2009·5.23 MB·English

by  Robbie Davis-Floyd

CHILDBIRTHACROSSCULTURES
SCIENCEACROSSCULTURES:
THEHISTORYOFNON-WESTERNSCIENCE
VOLUME5
CHILDBIRTHACROSSCULTURES
Editor
HELAINESELIN,HampshireCollege,Amherst,MA,USA
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CHILDBIRTH ACROSS
CULTURES
Ideas and Practices of Pregnancy, Childbirth
and the Postpartum
Editor
HELAINESELIN
HampshireCollege,Amherst,MA,USA
Co-Editor
PAMELAK.STONE
HampshireCollege,Amherst,MA,USA
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Editor Co-Editor
HelaineSelin PamelaKendallStone
SchoolofNaturalScience SchoolofNaturalScience
HampshireCollege HampshireCollege
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USA USA
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ISBN978-90-481-2598-2 e-ISBN978-90-481-2599-9
DOI10.1007/978-90-481-2599-9
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Contents
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
IntroductionbyH.Selin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
BirthandtheBigBadWolf:AnEvolutionaryPerspective . . . . . . . . 1
RobbieDavis-FloydandMelissaCheyney
BreastfeedingandChildSpacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
RebeccaSundhagen
Culturally Diverse Women Giving Birth:
TheirStories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
LynnClarkCallisterandInaamKhalaf
AHistoryofWesternMedicine,Labor,andBirth. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PamelaK.Stone
ChildbirthinChina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
TravisAnnaHarveyandLilaBuckley
ChildbirthAmongHongKongChinese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
IpWan-Yim
ChildbirthinKorea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
SukheeAhn
ChildbirthinJapan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
SatokoYanagisawa
ASacramentalTheoryofChildbirthinIndia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
HarishNaraindas
RuralMidwivesinSouthIndia:ThePoliticsofBodilyKnowledge . . . 107
KalpanaRam
ConstructionsofBirthinBangladesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
KaosarAfsanaandSabinaFaizRashid
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viii Contents
Pregnancy and Childbirth in Nepal: Women’s Role and
Decision-MakingPower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
PratimaP.AcharyaandDiluRimal
PregnancyandChildbirthinTibet:Knowledge,Perspectives,
andPractices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
SiennaR.Craig
NyobNruabHlis:ThirtyDaysConfinementinHmongCulture . . . . . 161
PraneeLiamputtong
Pregnancy,ChildbirthandTraditionalBeliefsandPracticesin
ChiangMai,NorthernThailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
PraneeLiamputtong
ChildbirthExperienceintheNegev–TheSouthernRegionofIsrael . . 185
IrisOhelandEyalSheiner
ChildbirthandMaternalMortalityinMorocco:TheRoleofMidwives. 195
MarieHatem,FatimaTemmar,andBilkisVissandjée
ChildbirthinZimbabwe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
ThubelihleMatholeandSimukaiShamu
ChildbirthinNigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
HadizaShehuGaladanciandSuwaibaIbrahimSani
ChildbirthinTanzania:Individual,Family,Community . . . . . . . . . 221
DavidP.Urassa,AndreaB.Pembe,andBrunoF.Sunguya
Culture,PregnancyandChildbirthinUganda:Survivingthe
Women’sBattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
GraceBantebyaKyomuhendo
ChildbirthExperiencesinMalawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
LennieAdelineKamwendo
NavajoBirth:ABridgeBetweenthePastandtheFuture . . . . . . . . 245
R.CruzBegay
ChildbirthintheMayanCommunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
LindaV.Walsh
ConvertingBirthonSimbo,WesternSolomonIslands . . . . . . . . . . 265
ChristineDureau
ChildbirthinAustralia:AboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderWomen . 275
SueKildeaandM.Wardaguga
BiographiesoftheAuthors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Contributors
PratimaP.Acharya AucklandCityHospital,Auckland,NewZealand,
[email protected]
KaosarAfsana HealthProgramme,BRAC,Dhaka,Bangladesh,
[email protected]
SukheeAhn SchoolofNursing,ChungnamNationalUniversity,Korea,
[email protected]
R.CruzBegay DepartmentofHealthSciences,NorthernArizonaUniversity,
Flagstaff,Arizona,USA,[email protected]
LilaBuckley GlobalEnvironmentalInstitute,Beijing,People’sRepublicof
China,[email protected]
LynnClarkCallister CollegeofNursing,BrighamYoungUniversity,Provo,
Utah,USA,[email protected]
MelissaCheyney DepartmentofAnthropology,OregonStateUniversity,
Corvallis,Oregon,USA,[email protected]
SiennaR.Craig DartmouthCollege,Hanover,NewHampshire,USA,
[email protected]
RobbieDavis-Floyd DepartmentofAnthropology,UniversityofTexas,Austin,
Texas,USA,davis-fl[email protected]
TerryDunbar CharlesDarwinUniversity,Darwin,NT,Australia,
[email protected]
ChristineDureau DepartmentofAnthropology,UniversityofAuckland,
Auckland,NewZealand,[email protected]
HadizaShehuGaladanci SeniorConsultantObstetricianandGynaecologist,
AminuKanoTeachingHospital,Kano,Nigeria,[email protected]
TravisAnnaHarvey Co-founderandowner,Heliocentric,
[email protected]
MarieHatem Départementdemédecinesocialeetpréventive,Universitéde
Montréal,Montréal,Québec,Canada,[email protected]
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x Contributors
IpWan-Yim NethersoleSchoolofNursing,ChineseUniversityofHongKong,
Shatin,NT,China,[email protected]
LennieAdelineKamwendo AssociationofMidwivesofMalawi,
[email protected]
InaamKhalaf FacultyofNursing,JordanUniversity,Amman,Jordan
SueKildea SchoolofNursingandMidwifery,AustralianCatholicUniversity,
Brisbane,Australia,[email protected]
GraceBantebyaKyomuhendo DepartmentofWomenandGenderStudies,
MakerereUniversityUganda,Kampala,Uganda,[email protected]
PraneeLiamputtong SchoolofPublicHealth,LaTrobeUniversity,Bundoora,
Victoria,Australia,[email protected]
BanyanaCeciliaMadi PolicyDevelopmentandHarmonisation,HIVandAIDS
Unit,SADCsecretariat,Gaborone,Botswana,[email protected]
ThubelihleMathole SchoolofPublicHealth,UniversityoftheWesternCape,
CapeTown,SouthAfrica,[email protected]
HarishNaraindas CentrefortheStudyofSocialSystems,SchoolofSocial
Sciences,JawaharlalNehruUniversity,NewDelhi,India,
[email protected]
IrisOhel SorokaUniversityMedicalCenter,Ben-GurionUniversityoftheNegev,
Beer-Sheva,Israel,Beer-Sheva,Israel,[email protected]
AndreaB.Pembe DepartmentofObstetricsandGynecology,Schoolof
Medicine,MuhimbiliUniversityofHealthandAlliedSciences,DaresSalaam,
Tanzania,[email protected]
KalpanaRam DepartmentofAnthropology,MacquarieUniversity,Sydney,
Australia,[email protected]
SabinaFaizRashid JamesPGrantSchoolofPublicHealth,BRACUniversity,
Dhaka,Bangladesh,[email protected]
DiluRimal [email protected]
SuwaibaIbrahimSani
HelaineSelin HampshireCollege,Amherst,Massachusettes,USA,
[email protected]
SimukaiShamu DepartmentofCommunityMedicine,CollegeofHealth
Sciences,UniversityofZimbabwe,Harare,Zimbabwe,[email protected]
EyalSheiner SorokaUniversityMedicalCenter,Ben-GurionUniversityofthe
Negev,Beer-Sheva,Israel,[email protected]