One Blood : The Jamaican Body
One Blood : The Jamaican Body
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Author(s): Sobo, Elisa Janine
ISBN No.: 9780791414309
Pages: 344
Year: 199307
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 45.99
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available (Import to order)

Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Traditional Health Beliefs Chapter One The Research Setting Chapter Two The Jamaican Body Chapter Three The Ethnophysiology of Reproduction Part Two: Patterns of Social Interaction Chapter Four "Family" and "Strangers" Chapter Five Becoming "Big" in a "Bad Mind" Land Chapter Six "Unclean Deeds" and Careful Eaters Part Three: Reproducing Society Chapter Seven Sociable Procreation Chapter Eight To "Grow" and "Care" Children Part Four: Gender Relations Chapter Nine Finding "Work": Sexual Solicitation Chapter Ten Love and Marriage Chapter Eleven Gender Tension and Sexual Expression Part Five: "Bad Bellies" Chapter Twelve Menstrual Taboos and Binding "Ties" Chapter Thirteen To "Dash Away Baby," "Wash Away Belly" Chapter Fourteen The "False Belly" or "Witchcraft Baby" Chapter Fifteen Making Use of Culture Notes Bibliography Index.


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