A comprehensive and critical examination of the experience of childbirth in America today, from pregnancy to early postpartum. This book covers many controversial issues in the context of diverse cultural, social, and economic backgrounds, which have arisen as a result of the new technologies and ideologies surrounding pregnancy and birth. Most useful as a text for courses in childbirth education, anthropology of women's health, and anthropology of medicine.
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“An excellent contribution. . . . This anthology, written in academically correct style with excellent collected source notes, is . . . accessible and exciting to general readers interested in the area. Recommended for libraries and comprehensive or women's bookstores, particularly in communities with colleges or with active alternative childbirth activities.”–Small Press Book Review
“[An] impressive collection of writings by scholars which illustrate how America, as a society, has intimately woven our values and structures into the rituals which surround pregnancy, childbirth and parenting.”–Icea Bookmarks
“This book is for anyone with a serious concern about childbirth issues.”–New Directions For Women
“[A] comprehensive look at birth experience, from pregnancy to early parenthood.”–Contemporary Sociology
“[An] impressive collection of writings by scholars which illustrate how America, as a society, has intimately woven our values and structures into the rituals which surround pregnancy, childbirth and parenting.”–
“This book is for anyone with a serious concern about childbirth issues.”–
“[A] comprehensive look at birth experience, from pregnancy to early parenthood.”–
About the Author
KAREN L. MICHAELSON is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Health Sciences at Eastern Washington University where she holds an administrative position.
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