Chapter 1. Beginnings: Stability and change
Chapter 2. Living culture, across generations
Chapter 3. Meeting Chona and San Pedro
Chapter 4. Paper with a mouth, recounting the destiny and
development of an Iyoom and her community
Chapter 5. Born to a spiritual calling, across generations:
Cultural heritage and resistance
Chapter 6. Childhood and where babies come from
Chapter 7. A becoming young woman
Chapter 8. Changing memories in changing practices
Chapter 9. Entry and prominence in a sacred profession
Chapter 10. Ripples across generations and nations in Mayan
pregnancy and childbirth
Chapter 11. Ripples across generations and nations in birth
destinies and postnatal care
Chapter 12. Ways of learning across times and places
Chapter 13. Traditions and transformations
References
Endnotes
Barbara Rogoff is UCSC Foundation Distinguished Professor of
Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has
been a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral
Sciences at Stanford, a Kellogg Fellow, and Editor of Human
Development. Her books Apprenticeship in Thinking (OUP, 1990),
Learning Together (OUP, 2001), and The Cultural Nature of Human
Development (OUP, 2003) have received
awards from the American Psychological Association and the American
Educational Research Association. Her current book, Developing
Destinies, deepens the ideas presented in her previous books,
building on her three decades of research on human
development in a Mayan community in Guatemala.
"For anyone interested in understanding the soul of a Maya town,
Barbara Rogoff's new book Developing Destinies: A Mayan Midwife and
Town (Oxford University Press, 2011) will give you a good idea.
Barbara Rogoff breaks new ground in the way she thinks about change
in a traditional society." -- Arte Maya Tzutuhil Newsletter
"The beautifully written narrative is highly accessible, even
gripping. It is enriched by photos that span decades. The account
is personal and moving, weaving in stories of the author's own
evolution as a participant-observer and ethnographer... At the same
time, it has very broad reach, illuminating some of the most
profound themes of human development. The book truly is a must read
for all with interests in development or culture." -- Susan A.
Gelman,
Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of Psychology at the University
of Michigan, PsycCRITIQUES
"The Pauls' numerous previously unpublished photos combine with
Rogoff's to provide a rare glimpse into the changes in people's
lives and environment over the course of seven decades. The dozens
of images, together with their informative captions, are superbly
integrated into the text...Recommended" -- A. H. Koblitz, Arizona
State University, CHOICE
Developing Destinies was a finalist for the Jackie Kirk Outstanding
Book Award:
"Rogoff's Developing Destinies is a lovely and fascinating
anthropological look at culture and the impact of one woman, and
her community role as a midwife, on her community. Rogoff addresses
gender, child development, religion/spirituality, and informal
community-based learning processes. Of the books nominated for the
award, Rogoff's book has the strongest focus in terms of women's
work, and reflects the most participatory approach to research. Her
book is innovative, and includes a very
interesting use of the visual, both photos and drawings... The way
in which Rogoff addresses issues of gender and generations is edgy,
and it is sure to be a welcome addition to many fields, in
education
and beyond."
"Rogoff shows how the certainty of destiny moves through exigencies
of profession, identity, and time. Fitting for the topic of
midwifery and birth, Developing Destinies is her most personal work
to date. Rogoff and the book's main subject, Chona, a Maya midwife
from the Tzu'utijil Maya town of San Pedro, have been in
relationship across five decades (1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s,
2010s). This book is a must-read for those interested in culture,
child
development, globalization, and birth. birth." -- Ashley E.
Maynard, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, University
of Hawai`i
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