{"product_id":"embodying-culture-tsipy-ivry-9780813546360","title":"Embodying Culture: Pregnancy in Japan and Israel","description":"\u003ci\u003eEmbodying Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is an ethnographically grounded exploration of pregnancy in two different cultures--Japan and Israel--both of which medicalize pregnancy. Tsipy Ivry focuses on \"low-risk\" or \"normal\" pregnancies, using cultural comparison to explore the complex relations among ethnic ideas about procreation, local reproductive politics, medical models of pregnancy care, and local modes of maternal agency. \u003cp\u003e The ethnography pieces together the voices of pregnant Japanese and Israeli women, their doctors, their partners, the literature they read, and depicts various clinical encounters such as ultrasound scans, explanatory classes for amniocentesis, birthing classes, and special pregnancy events. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The emergent pictures suggest that although experiences of pregnancy in Japan and Israel differ, pregnancy in both cultures is an energy-consuming project of meaning-making-- suggesting that the sense of biomedical technologies are not only \u003ci\u003ein\u003c\/i\u003e the technologies themselves but are assigned by those who practice and experience them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tsipy Ivry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813546362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813546360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2010","brand":"Tsipy Ivry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980595986687,"sku":"9780813546360","price":43.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c1add285-78e9-44e4-bc09-5e1f3242f930.jpg?v=1683250804","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/embodying-culture-tsipy-ivry-9780813546360","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}