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Near Birth: Contested Values and the Work of Doulas

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Availability:In StockContributor:Andrea Lilly FordPublish date:2025-03-11Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520412910ISBN-10:520412915UPC:9780520412910Book Category:Health & Fitness, Family & Relationships, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Pregnancy & Childbirth, Parenting, AnthropologyBook Topic:MotherhoodSize:8.82 x 5.91 x 0.87 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCAJP8CKVG

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-13:9780520412910ISBN-10:520412915UPC:9780520412910Book Category:Health & Fitness, Family & Relationships, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Pregnancy & Childbirth, Parenting, AnthropologyBook Topic:MotherhoodSize:8.82 x 5.91 x 0.87 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCAJP8CKVG
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.
Publisher: University of California Press

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