Embodying Culture is an ethnographically grounded exploration of pregnancy in two different cultures—Japan and Israel—both of which medicalize pregnancy. Tsipy Ivry
focuses on “low-risk” or “normal” pregnancies, using cultural comparison to explore
the complex relations among ethnic ideas about procreation, local reproductive politics,
medical models of pregnancy care, and local modes of maternal agency.

Embodying Culture is an ethnographically grounded exploration of pregnancy in two different cultures—Japan and Israel—both of which medicalize pregnancy. Tsipy Ivry
focuses on “low-risk” or “normal” pregnancies, using cultural comparison to explore
the complex relations among ethnic ideas about procreation, local reproductive politics,
medical models of pregnancy care, and local modes of maternal agency.