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Childbirth and authoritative knowledge : cross-cultural perspectives. edited by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd, Carolyn F. Sargent. with a foreword by Rayna Rapp

Davis-Floyd, Robbie Sargent, Carolyn Fishel (1947-) c1997

Available at 33MQB MQB  Magasin  (A 46644 )

  • Title:
    Childbirth and authoritative knowledge : cross-cultural perspectives. edited by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd, Carolyn F. Sargent. with a foreword by Rayna Rapp
  • Author: Davis-Floyd, Robbie;
    Sargent, Carolyn Fishel (1947-)
  • Subjects: Birth customs;
    Childbirth -- Cross-cultural studies;
    Knowledge, Sociology of;
    Naissance -- Rites et coutumes -- Études transculturelles
  • Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Introduction : the anthropology of birth / Robbie Davis-Floyd and Carolyn F. Sargent Authoritative knowledge and its construction / Brigitte Jordan An evolutionary perspective on authoritative knowledge about birth / Wenda R. Trevathan Fetal ultrasound imaging and the production of authoritative knowledge in Greece / Eugenia Georges The production of authoritative knowledge in American prenatal care / Carole H. Browner and Nancy Press What do women want? Issues of choice, control, and class in American pregnancy and childbirth / Ellen Lazarus Authoritative knowledge and birth territories in contemporary Japan / Deborah Cordero Fiedler Ways of knowing about birth in three cultures / Carolyn F. Sargent and Grace Bascope Authoritative touch in childbirth : a cross-cultural approach / Sheila Kitzinger Authority in translation : finding, knowing, naming, and training "traditional birth attendants" in Nepal / Stacy Leigh Pigg
    Changing childbirth in Eastern Europe : which systems of authoritative knowledge should prevail? / Beverly Chalmers Resistance to technology-enhanced childbirth in Tuscany : the political economy of Italian birth / Jane Szurek Intuition as authoritative knowledge in midwifery and home birth / Robbie Davis-Floyd and Elizabeth Davis Randomized controlled trials as authoritative knowledge : keeping an ally from becoming a threat to North American midwifery practice / Kenneth C. Johnson Confessions of a dissident / Mardsen Wagner "Women come here on their own when they need to" : prenatal care, authoritative knowledge, and maternal health in Oaxaca / Paola M. Sesia Maternal health, war, and religious tradition : authoritative knowledge in Pujehun District, Sierra Leone / Amara Jambai and Carol MacCormack Heeding warnings from the canary, the whale, and the Inuit : a framework for analyzing competing types of knowledge about childbirth / Betty-Anne Daviss
    An ideal of unassisted birth : hunting, healing, and transformation among the Kalahari Ju/'hoansi / Megan Biesele
  • Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1997
  • Creation Date: c1997
  • Format: xii, 510 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
  • Language: English
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