Robbie Davis-Floyd (University of Texas, Austin, United States of A

Birth as an American Rite of Passage

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Produktbeschreibung

This book reexamines the "standard" procedures used to "manage" American childbirth, identifying non-evidence-based obstetric interventions as rituals enacting core values of the American technocracy. This new edition brings together new data with Davis-Floyd's insights into the ritualization and models of labor and birth.

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Produktdetails

• Social Science Perspectives on Childbirth and Reproduction
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 444
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 768g
• ISBN-13: 9780367428501
• ISBN-10: 0367428504
• Artikelnr.: 62951876

Autorenporträt

Robbie Davis-Floyd, PhD, is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA, and a Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology. She is a well-known medical/interpretive/reproductive anthropologist, international speaker, and researcher in transformational models in childbirth, midwifery, obstetrics, and reproduction.

Inhaltsangabe

Author's Note about the Cover Images
Dedication
Figure
Tables
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Third Edition
Introduction: Birth as a Rite of Passage
1. Ritual and Rite
2. The Stages of Matrescence: The Pregnancy/Childbirth/Postpartum Rite of Passage
3. The Industrial and Technocratic Models of Birth and Health Care
4. The Humanistic Model of Birth and Health Care
5. Birth Messages in the Hospital
6. How the Messages Are Received: The Spectrum of Response
7. Scars into Stars: The Reinterpretation of the Childbirth Experience
8. The Holistic Model of Birth and Health Care
9. Birth Messages at Home: Homebirth as Holistic Ideology in Action
10. Technocracy in Birth and Life: Some Ritual and Political Implications for the Future
11. Holism in Birth and Life: Some Ritual and Political Implications for the Future
Conclusion: Birth as an American Rite of Passage
References
Index