Description
This classic book, first published in 1992 and again in 2003, has inspired three generations of childbearing people, birth activists and researchers, and birth practitioners--midwives, doulas, nurses, and obstetricians--to take a fresh look at the "standard procedures" that are routinely used to "manage" American childbirth. It was the first book to identify these non-evidence-based obstetric interventions as rituals that enact and transmit the core values of the American technocracy, thereby answering the pressing question of why these interventions continue to be performed despite all evidence to the contrary. This third edition brings together Davis-Floyd's insights into the intense ritualization of labor and birth and the technocratic, humanistic, and holistic models of birth with new data collected in recent years.
Author: Robbie Davis-Floyd
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 05/06/2022
Pages: 442
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780367431297
ISBN10: 0367431297
BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Pregnancy & Childbirth
- Social Science | Anthropology | General
- Medical | Gynecology & Obstetrics
About the Author
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.
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