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The Anthropology of Pregnancy: Comparative Studies in Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death

1999-06-01

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Contents: R. Cecil, Introduction: An Insignificant Event? Literary and Anthropological Perspectives on Pregnancy Loss -- P. Jeffery and R. Jeffery, Delayed Periods and Falling Babies: The Ethnophysiology and Politics of Pregnancy Loss in Rural North India -- E. Sobo, Cultural Explanations for Pregnancy Loss in Rural Jamaica -- A. Winkvist, Water Spirits, Medicinemen and Witches: Avenues to Successful Reproduction...

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Literature Corpus work: 2620d690-1089-5c9f-9a95-a0d8ded06fe0
DOI: 10.2307/2660725

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