Childbirth And Authoritative Knowledge
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Childbirth And Authoritative Knowledge
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Author : Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-04-28
Childbirth And Authoritative Knowledge written by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-28 with Social Science categories.
This benchmark collection of cross-cultural essays on reproduction and childbirth extends and enriches the work of Brigitte Jordan, who helped generate and define the field of the anthropology of birth. The authors' focus on authoritative knowledge—the knowledge that counts, on the basis of which decisions are made and actions taken—highlights the vast differences between birthing systems that give authority of knowing to women and their communities and those that invest it in experts and machines. Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge offers first-hand ethnographic research conducted by anthropologists in sixteen different societies and cultures and includes the interdisciplinary perspectives of a social psychologist, a sociologist, an epidemiologist, a staff member of the World Health Organization, and a community midwife. Exciting directions for further research as well as pressing needs for policy guidance emerge from these illuminating explorations of authoritative knowledge about birth. This book is certain to follow Jordan's Birth in Four Cultures as the definitive volume in a rapidly expanding field.
Childbirth And Authoritative Knowledge
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Author : Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-04-28
Childbirth And Authoritative Knowledge written by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-28 with Social Science categories.
This benchmark collection of cross-cultural essays on reproduction and childbirth extends and enriches the work of Brigitte Jordan, who helped generate and define the field of the anthropology of birth. The authors' focus on authoritative knowledge—the knowledge that counts, on the basis of which decisions are made and actions taken—highlights the vast differences between birthing systems that give authority of knowing to women and their communities and those that invest it in experts and machines. Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge offers first-hand ethnographic research conducted by anthropologists in sixteen different societies and cultures and includes the interdisciplinary perspectives of a social psychologist, a sociologist, an epidemiologist, a staff member of the World Health Organization, and a community midwife. Exciting directions for further research as well as pressing needs for policy guidance emerge from these illuminating explorations of authoritative knowledge about birth. This book is certain to follow Jordan's Birth in Four Cultures as the definitive volume in a rapidly expanding field.
Childbirth And Authoritative Knowledge
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Author : Robbie Davis-Floyd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Childbirth And Authoritative Knowledge written by Robbie Davis-Floyd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with categories.
The Social Production Of Authoritative Knowledge In Pregnancy And Childbirth
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Author : Robbie Davis-Floyd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Social Production Of Authoritative Knowledge In Pregnancy And Childbirth written by Robbie Davis-Floyd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Birth customs categories.
Birth As An American Rite Of Passage
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Author : Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2004-03-15
Birth As An American Rite Of Passage written by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-15 with Social Science categories.
Why do so many American women allow themselves to become enmeshed in the standardized routines of technocratic childbirth--routines that can be insensitive, unnecessary, and even unhealthy? Anthropologist Robbie Davis-Floyd first addressed these questions in the 1992 edition. Her new preface to this 2003 edition of a book that has been read, applauded, and loved by women all over the world, makes it clear that the issues surrounding childbirth remain as controversial as ever.
Birth In Four Cultures
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Author : Brigitte Jordan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Birth In Four Cultures written by Brigitte Jordan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Health & Fitness categories.
While the process of childbirth is, in some sense, everywhere the same, it is also everywhere different in that each culture has produced a birthing system that is strikingly dissimilar from the others. Based on her fieldwork in the United States, Sweden, Holland, and Yucatan, Jordan develops a framework for the discussion and investigation of different birthing systems. Illustrated with useful examples and lively anecdotes from Jordan¿s own fieldwork, the Fourth Edition of this innovative comparative ethnography brings the reader to a deeper understanding of childbirth as a culturally grounded, biosocially mediated, and interactionally achieved event.
Birth In Eight Cultures
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Author : Robbie Davis-Floyd
language : en
Publisher: Waveland Press
Release Date : 2019-01-10
Birth In Eight Cultures written by Robbie Davis-Floyd and has been published by Waveland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-10 with Social Science categories.
This stunning sequel to Brigitte Jordan’s landmark Birth in Four Cultures brings together the work of fifteen reproductive anthropologists to address core cultural values and knowledge systems as revealed in contemporary birth practices in Brazil, Greece, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Tanzania, and the United States. Six ethnographic chapters form the heart of the book, three of which are set up as dyads that compare two countries; each demonstrates the power of anthropology’s cross-cultural comparative method. An additional chapter with ethnographic vignettes gives readers a feel for what fieldwork is really like on the ground. The eminently readable, theoretically rich chapters are enhanced by absorbing stories, photos, quotes, thought questions, and film suggestions that nudge the reader toward eureka flashes of understanding and render the book suitable for undergraduate and graduate audiences alike.
Birth In Four Cultures
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Author : Brigitte Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Waveland Press
Release Date : 1992-11-18
Birth In Four Cultures written by Brigitte Jordan and has been published by Waveland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-11-18 with Social Science categories.
While the process of childbirth is, in some sense, everywhere the same, it is also everywhere different in that each culture has produced a birthing system that is strikingly dissimilar from the others. Based on her fieldwork in the United States, Sweden, Holland, and Yucatan, Jordan develops a framework for the discussion and investigation of different birthing systems. Illustrated with useful examples and lively anecdotes from Jordan’s own fieldwork, the Fourth Edition of this innovative comparative ethnography brings the reader to a deeper understanding of childbirth as a culturally grounded, biosocially mediated, and interactionally achieved event.
Disciplining Birth
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Author : Kaosar Afsana
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Disciplining Birth written by Kaosar Afsana and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Health & Fitness categories.
Childbirth And The Display Of Authority In Early Modern France
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Author : Lianne McTavish
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-03-02
Childbirth And The Display Of Authority In Early Modern France written by Lianne McTavish and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-02 with History categories.
Throughout the early modern period in France, surgeon men-midwives were predominantly associated with sexual impropriety and physical danger; yet over time they managed to change their image, and by the eighteenth century were summoned to attend even the uncomplicated deliveries of wealthy, urban clients. In this study, Lianne McTavish explores how surgeons strove to transform the perception of their midwifery practices, claiming to be experts who embodied obstetrical authority instead of intruders in a traditionally feminine domain. McTavish argues that early modern French obstetrical treatises were sites of display participating in both the production and contestation of authoritative knowledge of childbirth. Though primarily written by surgeon men-midwives, the texts were also produced by female midwives and male physicians. McTavish's careful examination of these and other sources reveals representations of male and female midwives as unstable and divergent, undermining characterizations of the practice of childbirth in early modern Europe as a gender war which men ultimately won. She discovers that male practitioners did not always disdain maternal values. In fact, the men regularly identified themselves with qualities traditionally respected in female midwives, including a bodily experience of childbirth. Her findings suggest that men's entry into the lying-in chamber was a complex negotiation involving their adaptation to the demands of women. One of the great strengths of this study is its investigation of the visual culture of childbirth. McTavish emphasizes how authority in the birthing room was made visible to others in facial expressions, gestures, and bodily display. For the first time here, the vivid images in the treatises are analysed, including author portraits and engravings of unborn figures. McTavish reveals how these images contributed to arguments about obstetrical authority instead of merely illustrating the written content of the books. At the same time, her arguments move far beyond the lying-in chamber, shedding light on the exchange of visual information in early modern France, a period when identity was largely determined by the precarious act of putting oneself on display.