Birth as an American Rite of Passage - Softcover

Davis-Floyd, Robbie E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520229320 ISBN 13: 9780520229327

Verlag: University of California Press, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

This study examines why, despite the growing strength of the natural childbirth movement, women increasingly opt for the standardized routines of hospital births. The author adopts an anthropological perspective and highlights a cultural belief in the superiority of science over nature.

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"[Davis-Floyd] is a respectful listener who has encouraged her subjects to speak honestly about a complex experience. Consequently, even skeptical readers of the fascinating stories she has gathered should be prompted to reflect on the meaning of their own or their partners' experience of birth. . . . I admire, without reservation, the generous, critical, passionate spirit that animates this book."--Sara Ruddick, "New York Times Book Review"

Reseña del editor:

Why do so many American women allow themselves to become enmeshed in the standardized routines of technocratic childbirth--routines that can be insensitive, unnecessary, and even unhealthy? Anthropologist Robbie Davis-Floyd first addressed these questions in the 1992 edition. Her new preface to this 2003 edition of a book that has been read, applauded, and loved by women all over the world, makes it clear that the issues surrounding childbirth remain as controversial as ever.

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• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0520229320
• ISBN 13: 9780520229327
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 424