Childbirth -- Social aspects

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Bodies that birth: vitalizing birth politics

by Chadwick, Rachelle

fromWomen and psychology

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Bodies that Birth puts birthing bodies at the centre of questions about contemporary birth politics, power, and agency. Arguing that the fleshy and embodied aspects of birth have been largely silenced in social science scholarship, Rachelle Chadwick uses an array of birth storie…

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Bodies that birth: vitalizing birth politics

by Chadwick, Rachelle

fromWomen and psychology

0 Type: Book

Bodies that Birth puts birthing bodies at the centre of questions about contemporary birth politics, power, and agency. Arguing that the fleshy and embodied aspects of birth have been largely silenced in social science scholarship, Rachelle Chadwick uses an array of birth storie…

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Birth in ancient China: a study of metaphor and cultural identity in pre-…

by Cook, Constance A., Luo, Xinhui

fromSUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

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Using newly discovered and excavated texts, Constance A. Cook and Xinhui Luo systematically explore material culture, inscriptions, transmitted texts, and genealogies from BCE China to reconstruct the role of women in social reproduction in the ancient Chinese world. Applying pa…

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Birth in ancient China: a study of metaphor and cultural identity in pre-…

by Cook, Constance A., Luo, Xinhui

fromSUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

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Using newly discovered and excavated texts, Constance A. Cook and Xinhui Luo systematically explore material culture, inscriptions, transmitted texts, and genealogies from BCE China to reconstruct the role of women in social reproduction in the ancient Chinese world. Applying pa…

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Birth in ancient China: a study of metaphor and cultural identity in pre-…

by Cook, Constance A., Luo, Xinhui

fromSUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

0 Type: Book

Using newly discovered and excavated texts, Constance A. Cook and Xinhui Luo systematically explore material culture, inscriptions, transmitted texts, and genealogies from BCE China to reconstruct the role of women in social reproduction in the ancient Chinese world. Applying pa…

BI

Birth in ancient China: a study of metaphor and cultural identity in pre-…

by Cook, Constance A., Luo, Xinhui

fromSUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

0 Type: Book

Using newly discovered and excavated texts, Constance A. Cook and Xinhui Luo systematically explore material culture, inscriptions, transmitted texts, and genealogies from BCE China to reconstruct the role of women in social reproduction in the ancient Chinese world. Applying pa…

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Indigenous experiences of pregnancy and birth

by Tait Neufeld, Hannah, Cidro, Jaime

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"This book makes a compelling contribution to the field of Indigenous and maternal studies. The editors have put together a powerful collection that honours the spirit of pregnancy and birth, and the strength and resilience of Indigenous women and families"--Page 4 de la couvert…

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Indigenous experiences of pregnancy and birth

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"This book makes a compelling contribution to the field of Indigenous and maternal studies. The editors have put together a powerful collection that honours the spirit of pregnancy and birth, and the strength and resilience of Indigenous women and families"--Page 4 of cover.

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Pregnancy and childbirth in the premodern world: European and Middle Eastern cultures, from late a…

fromCursor mundi (Turnhout, Belgium)

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This volume of contributions from international scholars offers a cross-cultural and multi-period analysis of pregnancy and childbirth traditions in Western and Middle Eastern cultures. The studies focus on the ideas, practices, and visual representations surrounding pregnancy a…

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Birth as an American rite of passage

by Davis-Floyd, Robbie

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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. He…

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Birth as an American Rite of Passage

by Davis-Floye, Robbie E.

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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. He…

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Birth as an American rite of passage

by Davis-Floyd, Robbie

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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. He…

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Birth as an American rite of passage

by Davis-Floyd, Robbie

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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…

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Socio-cultural insights of childbirth in South Asia: stories of women in the Himalayas

by Kaphle, Sabitra

fromRoutledge contemporary South Asia series

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"This book analyses significant socio-cultural factors impacting childbirth experiences of women living in remote and complex social settings. This book challenges the notion that childbirth is a universal biological event which women experience in their reproductive life and pr…