Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction Birthing Beyond the Confinements of Tradition and Modernity? 1
6. 1. From Mā'uli to Motivator: Transformations in Reproductive Health Care in Tonga 31
7. 2. Childbirth in Papua New Guinean Villages and in Port Moresby General Hospital 56
8. 3. Obligatory Maternity and Diminished Reproductive Autonomy in A‘jië and Paicî Kanak Societies: A Female Perspective 79
9. 4. Native Obstetric Nursing in Fiji 100
10. 5. Colonial Impregnations: Reconceptions of Maternal Health Practice on Nua‘ata, Papua New Guinea 125
11. 6. From Darkness to Light? Epidemiologies and Ethnographies of Motherhood in Vanuatu 148
12. Conclusion. Wider Reflections and a Survey of Literature 178
13. References 203
14. Contributors 233
15. Index 235