Developing Destinies: A Mayan Midwife and Town

by Barbara Rogoff

Book Overview

Born with the destiny of becoming a Mayan sacred midwife, Chona P?rez has carried on centuries-old traditional Indigenous American birth and healing practices over her 85 years. At the same time, Chona developed new approaches to the care of pregnancy, newborns, and mothers based on her own experience and ideas. In this way, Chona has contributed to both the cultural continuities and cultural changes of her town over the decades.

In Developing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195319907
• ISBN13: 9780195319903
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"