The Resource Childbirth and authoritative knowledge : cross-cultural perspectives, edited by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd, Carolyn F. Sargent ; with a foreword by Rayna Rapp
Childbirth and authoritative knowledge : cross-cultural perspectives, edited by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd, Carolyn F. Sargent ; with a foreword by Rayna Rapp
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- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 510 p.
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780520207851
- Label
- Childbirth and authoritative knowledge : cross-cultural perspectives
- Title
- Childbirth and authoritative knowledge
- Title remainder
- cross-cultural perspectives
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd, Carolyn F. Sargent ; with a foreword by Rayna Rapp
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 392.1/2
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GT2460
- LC item number
- .C37 1997
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Davis-Floyd, Robbie
- Sargent, Carolyn Fishel
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Birth customs
- Childbirth
- Knowledge, Sociology of
- Anthropology, Cultural
- Delivery
- Labor
- Social Environment
- Label
- Childbirth and authoritative knowledge : cross-cultural perspectives, edited by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd, Carolyn F. Sargent ; with a foreword by Rayna Rapp
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 000142817
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 510 p.
- Isbn
- 9780520207851
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 96048263
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 142817
- 143487
- (OCoLC)ocm35822616
- Label
- Childbirth and authoritative knowledge : cross-cultural perspectives, edited by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd, Carolyn F. Sargent ; with a foreword by Rayna Rapp
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 000142817
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 510 p.
- Isbn
- 9780520207851
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 96048263
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 142817
- 143487
- (OCoLC)ocm35822616
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