Lukere, Vicki and Margaret Jolly, eds. — Birthing in the Pacific: Beyond Tradition and Modernity

Honolulu, Hawai'i, University of Hawai'i Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked, clean of interior. A brilliant survey of public health concerns in the insular Pacific with a particular focus on women's health issues and even more specifically on reproductive health and services they do or don't receive. Contributions by the two editors, Vicki Lukere and Margaret Jolly, and by Helen Morton, Ruta Fiti-Sinclair, Christine Salomon and Shelley Mallett. Augmented with five tables, 19 figures and including maps and photographs. Black paper over spine, burgundy cloth-backed, and with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Chapters include "Obligatory Maternity and Diminished Reproductive Autonomy in A'jië and Paicî Kanak Societies: A Female Perspective; "From Darkness to Light? Epidemiologies and Ethnographies of Motherhood in Vanuatu"; and "Colonial Impregnations: reconceptions of maternal health practice on Nua'ata, Papua New Guinea." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xi [1], 2-249 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine