An Ecology of High-Altitude Infancy: A Biocultural Perspective

by Andrea S. Wiley

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521536820
• ISBN13: 9780521536820
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"