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Birth as an American Rite of Passage
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Why do so many American women allow themselves to become enmeshed in the standardized routines of technocratic childbirth--routines that can be insensitive, unnecessary, and even unhealthy? Anthropologist Robbie Davis-Floyd first addressed these questions in the 1992 edition. Her new preface to this 2003 edition of a book that has been read, applauded, and loved by women all over the world, makes it clear that the issues surrounding childbirth remain as controversial as ever.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Birth as a Rite of Passage
- 1. One Year: The Stages of the Pregnancy/Childbirth Rite of Passage
- 2. The Technocratic Model: Past and Present
- 3. Birth Messages
- 4. Belief Systems About Birth: The Technocratic, Wholistic, and Natural Models
- 5. How the Messages Are Received: The Spectrum of Response
- 6. Scars into Stars: The Reinterpretation of the Childbirth Experience
- 7. Obstetric Training as a Rite of Passage
- 8. The Computerized Birth? Some Ritual and Political Implications for the Future
- 9. âOr Birth as the Biodance?
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Notes
- References
- Index