The Manner Born: Birth Rites in Cross-cultural Perspective

by Michael Newton (Contributor), Michael Newton (Contributor), Niles Newton (Contributor), Lauren Dundes (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  2003

  $55.26

  Focuses on the rites of giving birth from a cross-cultural perspective. This book describes the many customs surrounding birth through infancy, such as attitudes and techniques in childbirth, the influence of societal factors that differentiate Western from non-Western maternal birthing positions, the art of midwifery, and customs and beliefs.