Birth as an American rite of passage / Robbie Davis-Floyd.

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Davis-Floyd, Robbie [author.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Social science perspectives on childbirth and reproductionPublication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.Edition: Third editionDescription: 1 online resourceISBN:

9781003001393
1003001394
9781000574289
1000574288
9781000574265
1000574261

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DDC classification:

618.4/019

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Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
E-Books	National Library of India Online Resource	618.4/019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		EBK000030092ENG

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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 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"-- Provided by publisher.

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