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The Manner Born: Birth Rites in Cross-cultural Perspective by Lauren Dundes; Niles Newton; Michael Newton; Wenda R. Trevathan; James J. McKenna; Sheila Cosminsky (Rutgers University; Brian Bates; Allison Newman Turner; Elaine Jones & Margarita A. Kay; Thomas R. Forbes; Lenore Manderson; Arthur Niehoff; Natalie Meister; Cecil Slome; Ruth Benedict; Daniel G. Freedman is a health book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Manner Born: Birth Rites in Cross-cultural Perspective about?

This essential collection on maternal and child health focuses on the rites of giving birth from a cross-cultural perspective. The distinguished list of contributors describe the many customs surrounding birth through infancy, highlighting a wide range of variation in practices across cultures. They discuss attitudes and techniques in childbirth, the interaction between human evolutionary form and birthing procedures, the influence of societal factors that differentiate Western from non-Western

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Author

Lauren Dundes; Niles Newton; Michael Newton; Wenda R. Trevathan; James J. McKenna; Sheila Cosminsky (Rutgers University; Brian Bates; Allison Newman Turner; Elaine Jones & Margarita A. Kay; Thomas R. Forbes; Lenore Manderson; Arthur Niehoff; Natalie Meister; Cecil Slome; Ruth Benedict; Daniel G. Freedman

Publisher

AltaMira ; Oxford Publicity Partnership

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780759102644

Category

health

Subjects

Anthropology, Health & Fitness, Science

Updated

2026-03-25