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Developing destinies a Mayan midwife and town

Title
Developing destinies [electronic resource] : a Mayan midwife and town / Barbara Rogoff ; with Chona Pérez González, Chonita Chavajay Quiacaín, and Josué Chavajay Quiacaín.
Author
Rogoff, Barbara
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Pérez González, Chona
  • Chavajay Quiacaín, Chonita
  • Chavajay Quiacaín, Josué.
Description
1 online resource (x, 343 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
Child development in cultural context
Uniform Title
  • Child development in cultural context.
  • Developing destinies (Online)
Alternative Title
Developing destinies (Online)
Subject
  • Pérez González, Chona
  • Midwives > Guatemala > Biography
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2010033356
OCLC
ssj0000508970
Author
Rogoff, Barbara.
Title
Developing destinies [electronic resource] : a Mayan midwife and town / Barbara Rogoff ; with Chona Pérez González, Chonita Chavajay Quiacaín, and Josué Chavajay Quiacaín.
Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Series
Child development in cultural context
Child development in cultural context.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Pérez González, Chona.
Chavajay Quiacaín, Chonita.
Chavajay Quiacaín, Josué.
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