In this widely-praised study, Carol Laderman provides a vivid picture of the daily life of rural Malays as she focuses on their dietary practices and the ritual and medical aspects of childbirth procedures. Apprenticed to a village midwife and a local shaman, she was able to observe a traditional culture adapting to modern practices.
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The strength of anthropology lies within a paradox. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bidan kampung, lenggang perut, akar kayu, sakit meroyan, hantu meroyan, sakit berangin, government midwife, roasting bed, postpartum diet, iddah period, village midwives, food ideology, humoral system, traditional midwife, village midwife, safe fish, directional system, rice paste, humoral balance, cord looped, traditional midwives Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mak Wah, Siti Hasmah, Health Center, Wan Zainab, Kuala Lumpur, Tok Hitam, Hantu Raya, Light of Muhammad, Main Puteri, Durian Pahit, General Hospital, Kuala Trengganu, Abu Bakar, King Solomon, South China Sea New!
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bidan kampung, lenggang perut, akar kayu, sakit meroyan, hantu meroyan, sakit berangin, government midwife, roasting bed, postpartum diet, iddah period, village midwives, food ideology, humoral system, traditional midwife, village midwife, safe fish, directional system, rice paste, humoral balance, cord looped, traditional midwives Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mak Wah, Siti Hasmah, Health Center, Wan Zainab, Kuala Lumpur, Tok Hitam, Hantu Raya, Light of Muhammad, Main Puteri, Durian Pahit, General Hospital, Kuala Trengganu, Abu Bakar, King Solomon, South China Sea New!
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- Medical Anthropology by George McClelland Foster in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture: An Exploration of the Borderland Between Anthropology, Medicine, and Psychiatry by Arthur Kleinman in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy by David N. Holvey in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk Religion by Joshua Trachtenberg in Back Matter
- Culture and Practical Reason by Marshall Sahlins in Back Matter
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- Maternities and Modernities: Colonial and Postcolonial Experiences in Asia and the Pacific by Kalpana Ram on 4 pages
- Daughters of Hariti: Childbirth and Female Healers in South and Southeast Asia (Theory and Practice in Medical Anthropology and Internationa) by Santi Rozario on page 31, page 180, and page 206
- Paths to Asian Medical Knowledge (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care) by Charles Leslie in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 287
- Blessed Events: Religion and Home Birth in America. by Pamela E. Klassen in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Medical Anthropology In Ecological Perspective: Third Edition by Ann McElroy on page 210, page 234, and Back Matter
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