Rogoff, Barbara.

Developing destinies : a Mayan midwife and town / Barbara Rogoff ; with Chona Perez Gonzalez, Chonita Chavajay Quiacain, and Josue Chavajay Quiacain. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2011. - x, 343 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Child development in cultural context . - Child development in cultural context. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beginnings : stability and change -- Living culture, across generations -- Meeting Chona and San Pedro -- Paper with a mouth, recounting the developing destinies of an iyoom and her community -- Born to a spiritual calling, across generations : cultural heritage and resistance -- Childhood and where babies come from -- A becoming young woman -- Changing memories in changing practices -- Entry and prominence in a sacred profession -- Ripples across generations and nations in Mayan pregnancy and childbirth -- Ripples across generations and nations in birth destinies and postnatal care -- Ways of learning across times and places -- Traditions and transformations.

0195319907 (alk. paper) 9780195319903 (alk. paper)

2010033356


Perez Gonzalez, Chona.
Perez Gonzalez, Chona.


Midwives--Guatemala--Biography.
Midwifery--Guatemala--Biography.
Culture--Guatemala.
Delivery, Obstetric--Guatemala.
Maternal Welfare--ethnology--Guatemala.
Medicine, Traditional--Guatemala.
Social Change--Guatemala.

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