Childbirth and authoritative knowledge

Childbirth and authoritative knowledge

cross-cultural perspectives ; with a foreword by Rayna Rapp

edited by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd, Carolyn F. Sargent

Davis-Floyd, Robbie, 1951-

Sargent, Carolyn F., 1947-

1997

Berkeley

University of California Press

0-585-05522-X

electronic bk.

1 Online-Ressource (xii, 510 Seiten)

eng

Illustrationen

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

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 Eu

Geburt / Kulturvergleich

BV035413497