Near Birth: Contested Values and the Work of Doulas - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520412903ISBN-10:520412907UPC:9780520412903Book Category:Health & Fitness, Family & Relationships, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Pregnancy & Childbirth, Parenting, AnthropologyBook Topic:MotherhoodSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCRV6YS567
Near Birth: Contested Values and the Work of Doulas
This insightful study of contemporary birthing uses the work of doulas to explore the questions raised near birth: What do we value, and how do we navigate those values when they are tangled in conflict? Pregnancy, birthing, and infant care offer a microcosm of cultural debates. In this ethnography of childbearing in Northern California, Andrea Ford examines how people's birthing decisions and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520412903ISBN-10:520412907UPC:9780520412903Book Category:Health & Fitness, Family & Relationships, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Pregnancy & Childbirth, Parenting, AnthropologyBook Topic:MotherhoodSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCRV6YS567
Andrea Ford is a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh and coeditor of Hormonal Theory: A Rebellious Glossary.
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