Beginnings : stability and change -- Living culture, across generations -- Meeting Chona and San Pedro -- Paper with a mouth, recounting the developing destinies of an iyoom and her community -- Born to a spiritual calling, across generations : cultural heritage and resistance -- Childhood and where babies come from -- A becoming young woman -- Changing memories in changing practices -- Entry and prominence in a sacred profession -- Ripples across generations and nations in Mayan pregnancy and childbirth -- Ripples across generations and nations in birth destinies and postnatal care -- Ways of learning across times and places -- Traditions and transformations
Summary
Destiny and Development is an engaging narrative of one remarkable person's life and the life of her community that blends psychology, anthropology, and history to reveal the integral role that culture plays in human development
