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.