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" The daughters of Hāritī : "
edited by Santi Rozario and Geoffrey Samuel.
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BL
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997543
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b751913
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| Title & Author
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The daughters of Hāritī : : childbirth and female healers in South and Southeast Asia /\ edited by Santi Rozario and Geoffrey Samuel.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2002.
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| Series Statement
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Theory and practice in medical anthropology and international health ;; 7
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xi, 306 pages :: illustrations, map ;; 24 cm.
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0415277922
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: 9780415277921
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. Introduction: the daughters of Hariti today / Geoffrey Samuel -- pt. I. South Asia. 2. 'We know how to do these things': birth in a Newar village / Barbara Johnson. 3. Knowing all the gods: grandmothers, god families and women healers in Nepal / Linda Iltis. 4. Contaminating states: midwifery, childbearing and the state in rural North India / Patricia Jeffery, Roger Jeffery and Andrew Lyon. 5. Midwives among others: knowledges of healing and the politics of emotions in Rajasthan, Northwest India / Maya Unnithan-Kumar. 6. The healer on the margins: the dai in rural Bangladesh / Santi Rozario. 7. Hawa, gola and mother-in-law's big toe: on understanding dais' imagery of the female body / Janet Chawla. 8. 'Baby-friendly' hospitals and bad mothers: manoeuvring development in the post-partum period in Tamil Nadu, South India / Cecilia Van Holden. 9. Tibetan and Indian ideas of birth pollution: similarities and contrasts / Santi Rozario and Geoffrey Samuel -- pt. 2. Southeast Asia. 10. The demise of birth attendants in Northeast Thailand: embodying tradition in modern times / Andrea Whittaker. 11. Beranak and bekindu': discourses of risk and strength in childbirth and post-partum practice among Iban communities of Pakan / Amanda Harris. 12. Of paraji and bidan: hierarchies of knowledge among Sundanese midwives / Lynda Newland. 13. Embracing modernity: transformations in Sasak confinement practices / Cynthia L. Hunter.
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Childbirth-- Asia.
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Medical anthropology-- Asia.
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Women healers-- Asia.
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44.92 gynecology and obstetrics.
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73.61 science, medicine (ethnology)
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Childbirth.
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Geburt
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Geburtsritus
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Hebamme
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Heilerin
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Medical anthropology.
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Women healers.
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Parturition.
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Geboorte.
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Verloskundigen.
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Volksgeneeskunde.
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Midwifery.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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Spiritual Therapies.
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Asia.
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Asia.
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Südasien
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Südasien.
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Südostasien
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Südostasien.
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| Dewey Classification
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610/.82/095
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| LC Classification
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R692.D364 2002
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W1TH123P v.7 2002
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WQ 300D238 2002
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44.92bcl
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73.61bcl
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| Added Entry
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Rozario, Santi.
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Samuel, Geoffrey.
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