Table of Contents

Preface; On Child-rearing and Infant Care: A Cross-Cultural Perspective; Kinship and Child-rearing in Two African Societies: A Comparative Investigation of the Orring and the Igbo of Southeastern Nigeria; Night-Time Infant Care: Cultural Practice, Evolution, and Infant Development; Cultural Beliefs and Traditional Health Practices in the Context of War, Population Displacement and Social Disruption: The Examples of "Ebino" and "Tea-Tea" in Northern Uganda; Child-rearing Practices and Parental Values in an Indigenous Sami Population in Northern Norway: A Cross-Cultural Comparison; Child-rearing Practices Among Primary Caregivers of HIV-Infected Children Aged 0-5 Years in Chiang Mai, Thailand; Women's Work and Weaning: A Case Study from Periurban Kathmandu, Nepal; Sex Work and Unplanned Infants in Highlands Papua, Indonesia; Beliefs about Pregnancy, Childbearing and New-born Infants in a Rural District in Northern Malawi; Starting Out: The 'Omugwo' Practice and Instilling the Rudiments of Child-rearing in Mothers among the Igbo of Southeastern Nigeria; The Role of Tamang Grandmothers in Perinatal Care, Makwanpur District, Nepal; Maternity and Identity Among Ethnically Indian Immigrant Women in Melbourne, Australia; Baby, Souls, Name and Health: Traditional and changed Rituals for a New-born Infant among Hmong Immigrant Mothers in Australia; Cultural Conceptions of Infant Health and Development Among Bolivian Immigrant Mothers in Italy; Sites of Conflict and Accommodation: Child-rearing Values and Practices in Vietnamese-Australian Families with Young Children; Infant Feeding Beliefs and Practices Among Afghan Women Living in Melbourne, Australia; Index.