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• Title:The manner born : birth rites in cross-cultural perspective / edited by Lauren Dundes.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Dundes, Lauren, 1962-
  
• Published/Created:Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, ©2003.
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: GN482.1 .M36 2003
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: GN482.1 .M36 2003
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Birth customs--Cross-cultural studies.
  Childbirth--Cross-cultural studies.
  
• Description:vii, 239 pages.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0759102643 (cloth : alk. paper)
  0759102651 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Ch. 1. Editor's Introduction
  Childbirth in Cross-Cultural Perspective / Niles Newton and Michael Newton
  Ch. 2. Editor's Introduction
  Evolutionary Environments of Human Birth and Infancy: Insights to Apply to Contemporary Life / Wenda R. Trevathan and James J. McKenna
  Ch. 3. Editor's Introduction
  Evolution of Maternal Birthing Position / Lauren Dundes
  Ch. 4. Editor's Introduction
  Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Midwifery / Sheila Cosminsky
  Ch. 5. Editor's Introduction
  Imagery and Symbolism in the Birth Practices of Traditional Cultures / Brian Bates and Allison Newman Turner
  Ch. 6. Editor's Introduction
  Cultural Anthropology of the Placenta / Elaine Jones and Margarita A. Kay
  Ch. 7. Editor's Introduction
  Social History of the Caul / Thomas R. Forbes
  Ch. 8. Editor's Introduction
  Roasting, Smoking, and Dieting in Response to Birth: Malay Confinement in Cross-Cultural Perspective / Lenore Manderson
  Ch. 9. Editor's Introduction
  Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Is Infant-Parent Cosleeping Protective? / James J. McKenna
  Ch. 10. Editor's Introduction
  Cultural Characteristics of Breastfeeding: A Survey / Arthur Niehoff and Natalie Meister
  Ch. 11. Editor's Introduction
  Culture and the Problem of Weaning / Cecil Slome
  Ch. 12. Editor's Introduction
  Child Rearing in Certain European Countries / Ruth Benedict
  Ch. 13. Editor's Introduction
  Ethnic Differences in Babies / Daniel G. Freedman.