Childbirth, Midwifery and Concepts of Time

ISBN 10 : 184545586X ISBN 13 : 9781845455866

Editeur : Berghahn Books, 2009

Synopsis

All cultures are concerned with the business of childbirth, so much so that it can never be described as a purely physiological or even psychological event. This volume draws together work from a range of anthropologists and midwives who have found anthropological approaches useful in their work. Using case studies from a variety of cultural settings, the writers explore the centrality of the way time is conceptualized, marked and measured to the ways of perceiving and managing childbirth: how women, midwives and other birth attendants are affected by issues of power and control, but also actively attempt to change established forms of thinking and practice. The stories are engaging as well as critical and invite the reader to think afresh about time, and about reproduction.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Christine McCourt studied for her degree and doctorate in social anthropology at the London School of Economics. Her doctoral work, an ethnographic study of the closure of a long-stay psychiatric hospital, was explicitly intended to be 'applied anthropology'. From 2006 to 2010 she was Professor of Anthropology and Health, at Thames Valley University and she is now Professor of Maternal and Child Health at City University London. Her research and teaching is mainly focused on culture and organisation of biomedicine, maternal and infant care, and social and cultural issues affecting women's health.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Berghahn Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184545586X
• ISBN 13: 9781845455866
• Reliure: Belle reliure
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Éditeur: McCourt McCourt Christine
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