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Developing destinies : a Mayan midwife and town / Barbara Rogoff ; with Chona Perez Gonzalez, Chonita Chavajay Quiacain, and Josue Chavajay Quiacain.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Child development in cultural contextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.Description: x, 343 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0195319907 (alk. paper)
  • 9780195319903 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 618.20092 B 22
Contents:
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.
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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.

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