Saving face, losing life: Obeah pregnancy and reproductive impropriety in Southern Belize

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Maraesa, Aminata ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; midwifery; obeah; pregnancy; shame

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELIZE; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOULA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STILLBIRTH; SUPERSTITION; TABOO;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELIZE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOULAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STILLBIRTH; SUPERSTITIONS; TABOO;

EID: 84869201078     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.626075     Document Type: Article

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