Childbirth Across Cultures

• Birth and the Big Bad Wolf: An Evolutionary Perspective1.- Breastfeeding and Child Spacing.- Culturally Diverse Women Giving Birth: Their Stories.- A History of Western Medicine, Labor, and Birth.- Childbirth in China.- Childbirth Among Hong Kong Chinese.- Childbirth in Korea.- Childbirth in Japan.- A Sacramental Theory of Childbirth in India.- Rural Midwives in South India: The Politics of Bodily Knowledge.- Constructions of Birth in Bangladesh.- Pregnancy and Childbirth in Nepal: Women’s Role and Decision-Making Power.- Pregnancy and Childbirth in Tibet: Knowledge, Perspectives, and Practices.- Nyob Nruab Hlis: Thirty Days Confinement in Hmong Culture.- Pregnancy, Childbirth and Traditional Beliefs and Practices in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.- Childbirth Experience in the Negev – The Southern Region of Israel.- Childbirth and Maternal Mortality in Morocco: The Role of Midwives.- Childbirth in Zimbabwe.- Childbirth in Nigeria.- Childbirth in Tanzania: Individual, Family, Community.- Culture, Pregnancy and Childbirth in Uganda: Surviving the Women’s Battle.- Childbirth Experiences in Malawi.- Navajo Birth: A Bridge Between the Past and the Future.- Childbirth in the Mayan Communities.- Converting Birth on Simbo, Western Solomon Islands.- Childbirth in Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women.

From the reviews: "Childbirth Across Cultures is a compilation of research about the experience of pregnancy and birth around the globe. ... Reading this book was a pleasure. There are pictures of cultural practices ... maps, charts, and other diagrams that enrich the reader's experience. ... This book would be excellent for faculty and residents in family medicine and OB-GYN as well as graduate students in nursing, anthropology, sociology, social work, and public health. Medical students and those studying global health will find this book interesting as well." (Amy Ellwood and Katie Kolonic, Family Medicine, Vol. 43 (1), January, 2011)