Childbirth -- Mexico -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Alison King Parra Bastien papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00388
Abstract
Alison King Parra Bastien is a midwife and anthropologist who has studied with midwives and doctors in Mexico and been a regional representative for the Midwives' Alliance of North America. Her papers consist of correspondence, professional papers, notebooks documenting her midwifery practice, and notebooks and catalogs pertaining to her practice of herbology.
Dates of Materials:
1950 - 2010
Brigitte Jordan papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00634
Abstract
In the 1970s, Brigitte Jordan conducted seminal work in the study of cross-cultural birth practices, including home birth and hospital birth, in the Yucatan and in Holland, Sweden and the United States, resulting in publication of her book Birth in Four Cultures (1983). She taught and conducted research for many years at the university level where her interests focused on the dynamics of change in the medical systems of developing countries. Her papers...
Dates of Materials:
1973 - 2015
