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An Ecology of High-Altitude Infancy: A Biocultural Perspective (Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology, Series Number 12)
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ISBN: 0521830001
Author: Wiley, Andrea S.
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Highlighting the roles of ecology, culture, history, and political economy, this book considers how the unique mountain ecology and socio-cultural patterns of the Himalayan region of Ladakh contribute to a peculiar pattern of infant mortality. It stresses the burdens of women's work in this region as crucial to birth outcome. An example of a new genre of anthropological work called "ethnographic human biology," this study utilizes the methodology of human biology but strongly emphasizes the ethnographic context that provides meaning for human biological measures.
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An Ecology of High-Altitude Infancy: A Biocultural Perspective (Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology, Series Number 12)