The Resource Birth as an American rite of passage, Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
Birth as an American rite of passage, Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
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The item Birth as an American rite of passage, Robbie E. Davis-Floyd represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- This study examines why, despite the growing strength of the natural childbirth movement, women increasingly opt for the standardized routines of hospital births. The author adopts an anthropological perspective and highlights a cultural belief in the superiority of science over nature
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 2nd ed., with a new pref.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xlii, 382 pages)
- Contents
-
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Birth as a Rite of Passage; Research Methods and Theoretical Concerns; Ritual and Rite; 1. One Year: The Stages of the Pregnancy/Childbirth Rite of Passage; Separation: Oh my God, I Think I'm Pregnant! -- Transition: Pregnancy as Transformation; Transition: Birth as Transformation; Transition: The Immediate Postpartum Period; Integration: Swimming Up on the Other Side -- 2. The Technocratic Model: Past and Present; Medicine as a Microcosm of American Society; The Body as Machine
- The Technocratic Model of BirthThe Role of American Obstetrics in the Resolution of Cultural Anomaly; 3. Birth Messages; Standard Procedures for Normal Birth -- A Symbolic Analysis of Standard Obstetrical Procedures; From Nature to Culture: The Obstetrical Re-Structuring of Accidental Out-of-Hospital Births; Summary: Birth Rituals and Society; 4. Belief Systems About Birth: The Technocratic, Wholistic, and Natural Models; The Significance of Belief; The Wholistic Model of Birth; The Technocratic and Wholistic Models of Birth Compared; Natural Models of Birth; The Ideology of Safety
- The Alternative Birth Center: A Middle Ground?5. How the Messages Are Received: The Spectrum of Response; Full Acceptance of the Technocratic Model of Birth; Full Acceptance of the Wholistic Model of Birth; Women-In-Between; 6. Scars into Stars: The Reinterpretation of the Childbirth Experience; Compartmentalization; Further Epistemic Exploration: Teilhard de Chardin versus Sartre -- 7. Obstetric Training as a Rite of Passage; Methods; Processes of Psychological Transformation: Medical School and Residency; Alternative Transformations: The Humanistic Paradigm; Women in Obstetrics
- Obstetrics and American Society8. The Computerized Birth? Some Ritual and Political Implications for the Future; The Cultural Consensus; Women's Rites: The Politics of Birth; The Technocratic Model of Birth: Futuristic Extremes; 9.-Or Birth as the Biodance?; Birth as a Means for Accomplishing a Paradigm Shift; Wholism in Birth: Futuristic Extremes; The Computerized Birth, and the Biodance: Envisioning the Richness of Diversity; Conclusion; Appendices; Appendix A: Interview Questions Asked of Mothers; Appendix B: Interview Questions Asked of Obstetricians; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D
- EF; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Isbn
- 9781280090820
- Label
- Birth as an American rite of passage
- Title
- Birth as an American rite of passage
- Statement of responsibility
- Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
- Subject
-
- Childbirth -- Psychological aspects
- Childbirth -- Social aspects
- Childbirth -- Social aspects -- United States
- Childbirth -- United States -- Psychological aspects
- Delivery, Obstetric
- Electronic books
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Maternal Health Services
- Accouchement -- États-Unis -- Aspect psychologique
- Obstetrics -- history
- Parturition -- psychology
- Pregnancy -- psychology
- Rites and ceremonies
- Rites and ceremonies -- United States
- Rites et cérémonies -- États-Unis
- United States
- United States
- Naissance -- Aspect social -- États-Unis
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This study examines why, despite the growing strength of the natural childbirth movement, women increasingly opt for the standardized routines of hospital births. The author adopts an anthropological perspective and highlights a cultural belief in the superiority of science over nature
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Davis-Floyd, Robbie
- Dewey number
- 618.4/01/9
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- RG518.U5
- LC item number
- D38 2003eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2004 D-128
- WQ 300
- NLM item number
- D261b 2003
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Childbirth
- Childbirth
- Rites and ceremonies
- Parturition
- Pregnancy
- Delivery, Obstetric
- Obstetrics
- Maternal Health Services
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- United States
- Naissance
- Accouchement
- Rites et cérémonies
- MEDICAL
- Childbirth
- Childbirth
- Rites and ceremonies
- United States
- Label
- Birth as an American rite of passage, Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Birth as a Rite of Passage; Research Methods and Theoretical Concerns; Ritual and Rite; 1. One Year: The Stages of the Pregnancy/Childbirth Rite of Passage; Separation: Oh my God, I Think I'm Pregnant! -- Transition: Pregnancy as Transformation; Transition: Birth as Transformation; Transition: The Immediate Postpartum Period; Integration: Swimming Up on the Other Side -- 2. The Technocratic Model: Past and Present; Medicine as a Microcosm of American Society; The Body as Machine
- The Technocratic Model of BirthThe Role of American Obstetrics in the Resolution of Cultural Anomaly; 3. Birth Messages; Standard Procedures for Normal Birth -- A Symbolic Analysis of Standard Obstetrical Procedures; From Nature to Culture: The Obstetrical Re-Structuring of Accidental Out-of-Hospital Births; Summary: Birth Rituals and Society; 4. Belief Systems About Birth: The Technocratic, Wholistic, and Natural Models; The Significance of Belief; The Wholistic Model of Birth; The Technocratic and Wholistic Models of Birth Compared; Natural Models of Birth; The Ideology of Safety
- The Alternative Birth Center: A Middle Ground?5. How the Messages Are Received: The Spectrum of Response; Full Acceptance of the Technocratic Model of Birth; Full Acceptance of the Wholistic Model of Birth; Women-In-Between; 6. Scars into Stars: The Reinterpretation of the Childbirth Experience; Compartmentalization; Further Epistemic Exploration: Teilhard de Chardin versus Sartre -- 7. Obstetric Training as a Rite of Passage; Methods; Processes of Psychological Transformation: Medical School and Residency; Alternative Transformations: The Humanistic Paradigm; Women in Obstetrics
- Obstetrics and American Society8. The Computerized Birth? Some Ritual and Political Implications for the Future; The Cultural Consensus; Women's Rites: The Politics of Birth; The Technocratic Model of Birth: Futuristic Extremes; 9.-Or Birth as the Biodance?; Birth as a Means for Accomplishing a Paradigm Shift; Wholism in Birth: Futuristic Extremes; The Computerized Birth, and the Biodance: Envisioning the Richness of Diversity; Conclusion; Appendices; Appendix A: Interview Questions Asked of Mothers; Appendix B: Interview Questions Asked of Obstetricians; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D
- EF; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Control code
- 785785308
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 2nd ed., with a new pref.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xlii, 382 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781280090820
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)785785308
- Label
- Birth as an American rite of passage, Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Birth as a Rite of Passage; Research Methods and Theoretical Concerns; Ritual and Rite; 1. One Year: The Stages of the Pregnancy/Childbirth Rite of Passage; Separation: Oh my God, I Think I'm Pregnant! -- Transition: Pregnancy as Transformation; Transition: Birth as Transformation; Transition: The Immediate Postpartum Period; Integration: Swimming Up on the Other Side -- 2. The Technocratic Model: Past and Present; Medicine as a Microcosm of American Society; The Body as Machine
- The Technocratic Model of BirthThe Role of American Obstetrics in the Resolution of Cultural Anomaly; 3. Birth Messages; Standard Procedures for Normal Birth -- A Symbolic Analysis of Standard Obstetrical Procedures; From Nature to Culture: The Obstetrical Re-Structuring of Accidental Out-of-Hospital Births; Summary: Birth Rituals and Society; 4. Belief Systems About Birth: The Technocratic, Wholistic, and Natural Models; The Significance of Belief; The Wholistic Model of Birth; The Technocratic and Wholistic Models of Birth Compared; Natural Models of Birth; The Ideology of Safety
- The Alternative Birth Center: A Middle Ground?5. How the Messages Are Received: The Spectrum of Response; Full Acceptance of the Technocratic Model of Birth; Full Acceptance of the Wholistic Model of Birth; Women-In-Between; 6. Scars into Stars: The Reinterpretation of the Childbirth Experience; Compartmentalization; Further Epistemic Exploration: Teilhard de Chardin versus Sartre -- 7. Obstetric Training as a Rite of Passage; Methods; Processes of Psychological Transformation: Medical School and Residency; Alternative Transformations: The Humanistic Paradigm; Women in Obstetrics
- Obstetrics and American Society8. The Computerized Birth? Some Ritual and Political Implications for the Future; The Cultural Consensus; Women's Rites: The Politics of Birth; The Technocratic Model of Birth: Futuristic Extremes; 9.-Or Birth as the Biodance?; Birth as a Means for Accomplishing a Paradigm Shift; Wholism in Birth: Futuristic Extremes; The Computerized Birth, and the Biodance: Envisioning the Richness of Diversity; Conclusion; Appendices; Appendix A: Interview Questions Asked of Mothers; Appendix B: Interview Questions Asked of Obstetricians; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D
- EF; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Control code
- 785785308
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 2nd ed., with a new pref.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xlii, 382 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781280090820
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)785785308
Subject
- Childbirth -- Psychological aspects
- Childbirth -- Social aspects
- Childbirth -- Social aspects -- United States
- Childbirth -- United States -- Psychological aspects
- Delivery, Obstetric
- Electronic books
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Maternal Health Services
- Accouchement -- États-Unis -- Aspect psychologique
- Obstetrics -- history
- Parturition -- psychology
- Pregnancy -- psychology
- Rites and ceremonies
- Rites and ceremonies -- United States
- Rites et cérémonies -- États-Unis
- United States
- United States
- Naissance -- Aspect social -- États-Unis
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