Follows the global policies that have been implemented in Sololá, Guatemala in order to decrease high rates of maternal mortality among indigenous Mayan women.
Examines the diverse meanings and understandings of motherhood, pregnancy, birth and birth-related death among the biomedical personnel, village women, their families, and midwives.
Shows how pregnancy and birth are central opportunities for developing understandings of family and self, and how the importance of this opportunity frequenlty neuters global interventions to make birth safer.
Provides a comprehensive view of the various agendas (global, national govenrnment, state government, municipal government and within families) and contextual factors (trends in science, politics, culture) that influence the success of global health policy.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Prologue: The Story of Rosario
Introduction: The Specter of Death
Chapter 1. Life, Birth and Death in the Village
Chapter 2. Coming to the ER: Analysis of an Interaction
Chapter 3. Global Safe Motherhood and Making Local Pregnancy Safer: The Spin and What It Covers Up
Chapter 4. The Indio Bruto and Modern Guatemalan Healthcare
Chapter 5. Everyday Violence: From a Kaqchikel Village to the Nation and Back
Chapter 6. Praying for a Good Outcome: Staying at Home during Obstetric Problems
Conclusion: Putting the 'Maternal' Back in Maternal Mortality
Notes
Bibliography
