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Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
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Description for Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Paperback. This collection of cross-cultural essays on reproduction and childbirth focuses on research conducted by anthropologists in 16 different societies and cultures and includes the perspectives of a social psychologist, a sociologist, an epidemiologist and a community midwife. Num Pages: 505 pages, 6. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHBF; JHM; MQDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 175 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
505
Condition
New
Number of Pages
505
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520207851
SKU
V9780520207851
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About Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
Robbie Davis-Floyd, Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Texas, is author of Birth as an American Rite of Passage (California, 1992) and co-editor of Cyborg Babies: From Techno-Sex to Techno-Tots (1997). Carolyn F. Sargent, Professor of Anthropology and Director of Women's Studies at Southern Methodist University, is author of Maternity, Medicine, and Power: Reproductive Decisions ... Read more
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