Birth as an American Rite of Passage - Softcover

Davis-Floyd, Robbie E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520229320 ISBN 13: 9780520229327

Publisher: University of California Press, 2004

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"I can say without hesitation that in the 36 years I have been helping childbearing women, there is only a handful of books that have had a great cultural impact. This is one of them."―Roberta M. Scaer, Editor of Genesis

About the Author:

Robbie Davis-Floyd is Senior Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin and is coeditor of Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (California, 1997).

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0520229320
• ISBN 13: 9780520229327
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 424