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| TITLE: |
Birthing in the Pacific : beyond tradition and modernity? / edited by Vicki Lukere and Margaret Jolly. |
| PUBLISHED: |
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i, c2002. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
xi, 249 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-231) and index. |
| NOTES: |
Introduction: Birthing beyond the confinements of tradition and modernity? / Margaret Jolly -- From M›a'uli to motivator: transformations in reproductive health care in Tonga / Helen Morton -- Childbirth in Papua New Guinenan villages and in Port Moresby General Hospital / Ruta Fiti-Sinclair -- Obligatory maternity and diminished reproductive autonomy in A'jië and Paici Kanak societies: a female perspective / Christine Salomon -- Native obstetric nursing in Fiji / Vicki Lukere -- Colonial impregnations: reconceptions of maternal health practice on Nua'ata, Papua New Giunea / Shelley Mallett -- From darkness to light? epidemiologies and ethnographies of motherhood in Vanuatu / Margaret Jolly -- Conclusion: Wider reflections and a survey of literature / Vicki Lukere. |
| SUBJECT: |
Childbirth--Islands of the Pacific. |
| SUBJECT: |
Birth customs--Islands of the Pacific. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Lukere, Vicki. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Jolly, Margaret. |
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