Format:
Online-Ressource (ix, 259 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0813535174
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0813535166
Content:
"Birthing Fathers is a groundbreaking anthropological and sociological analysis of American fatherhood and men’s role in birthing."—Robbie Davis-Floyd, author of Birth as an American Rite of Passage "Treating birth as ritual, Reed makes clever use of his anthropological expertise, qualitative data, and personal experience to bring to life the frustrations and joys men often encounter as they navigate the medical model of birthing."—William Marsiglio, author Sex, Men, and Babies: Stories of Awareness and Responsibility In the past two decades, men
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: American Fathers and Hospital Childbirth; Chapter 2: Couvade in Society and History; Chapter 3: Standing Vigil--Fathers in the Waiting Room, 1920-1970; Chapter 4 :Birthing Revolution--Men to the Barricades; Chapter 5: Birthing Classes--Training Men to Birth; Chapter 6: Men's Experience of Birth; Chapter 7: Fathers, Birth, and Society; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813535166
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Birthing Fathers : The Transformation of Men in American Rites of Birth
Language:
English
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