The Serpent Within: Birth Rituals and Midwifery Practices in Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Mesoamerican Cultures
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DOI: 10.1215/00141801-7683294
Abstract: This article focuses on female-gendered activities in Mesoamerican culture and reveals a strong link between conception, pregnancy, and childbirth on the one hand and weaving and other activities that produce cloth on the other. Supporting… read more here.
Keywords: birth rituals; midwifery; within birth; pre hispanic ... See more keywords