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Language: en
Pages: 427
Authors: Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-03-15 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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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, unn
Birth as an American Rite of Passage
Language: en
Pages: 404
Authors: Robbie Davis-Floyd
Categories: Health & Fitness
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher:

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"A magnificent contribution to our understanding of birthing in this country."--Emily Martin, author of The Woman in the Body
Birthing Fathers
Language: en
Pages: 273
Authors: Richard K. Reed
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-01-19 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

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"Treating birth as ritual, Reed makes clever use of his anthropological expertise, qualitative data, and personal experience to bring to life the frustrations a
Birth as an American Rite of Passage
Language: en
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Authors: Robbie Davis-Floyd
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This classic book, first published in 1992 and again in 2003, has inspired three generations of childbearing people, birth activists and researchers, and birth
Birth Models That Work
Language: en
Pages: 496
Authors: Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-03-07 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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"This book is a major contribution to the global struggle for control of women's bodies and their giving birth and should be read by all obstetricians, midwives