| Description |
xlvi, 339 pages |
| Series |
Perspectives on gender |
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Perspectives on gender (New York, N.Y.)
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| Contents |
Introduction: A lifetime's labor : women and power in the birthplace / Barbara Katz Rothman -- Introduction: Origin stories / Wendy Simonds -- Laboring then : the political history of maternity care in the United States / Barbara Katz Rothman -- Laboring now : current cultural constructions of pregnancy, birth, and mothering / Barbara Katz Rothman -- Becoming a midwife : varieties of inspiration / Wendy Simonds -- Birth matters : practicing midwifery / Wendy Simonds -- Women in white : obstetricians and labor and delivery nurses / Wendy Simonds -- The new arrival : labor doulas and the fragmentation of midwifery and caregiving / Bari Meltzer Norman and Barbara Katz Rothman -- Conclusion: An unending labor of love / Wendy Simonds and Barbara Katz Rothman |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Childbirth -- United States.
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| Author |
Rothman, Barbara Katz.
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Norman, Bari Meltzer.
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| LC no. |
2006028290 |
| ISBN |
0415946638 (pb) |
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041594662X (hb) |
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