Rediscovering Birth - Hardcover

Kitzinger, Sheila

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743412737 ISBN 13: 9780743412735

Publisher: Atria, 2001

Synopsis

A leading birth expert and author of Pregnancy and Childbirth presents a thought-provoking, richly illustrated study of the the universal experience of pregnancy and childbirth, discussing the emotional aspects of pregnancy, the physical and spiritual aspects of the birth experience, and the cultural influences involved.

About this title

About the Author:

Sheila Kitzinger is known and respected worldwide as a social anthropologist of birth and leading authority on women's experiences of pregnancy and motherhood. She is the author of twenty-three books and has been published in twenty languages. Her books include the groundbreaking The Experience of Childbirth and the classic bestseller Pregnancy and Childbirth. For more information on Sheila Kitzinger and her work, visit her Web site at www.sheilakitzinger.com.

From Library Journal:

This is a work of social anthropology with political intentions. Kitzinger, a well-known birth educator and activist and author of the classic Pregnancy and Childbirth, wants to open women's eyes to the meanings of childbirth that have been lost through the adoption of the technocratic model of birth now prevalent in Europe and the United States. To this end, she uses observations from decades of original fieldwork, as well as research from the literature, to examine childbirth practices and beliefs in many cultures. We have moved away from the social model of traditional cultures, Kitzinger tells us, in which childbirth is a normal life process controlled by the woman and her community, and have allowed birth to become a medical event associated with pathology and controlled by specialists. The political task at hand is to take back control from the technocracy and put it into the hands of women so that the best elements of both models may be available. Kitzinger has written a fascinating and emotionally and imagistically beautiful work of great usefulness. Potential mothers, students of traditional birth practices, and those interested in the medical, cultural, and political issues surrounding birth will welcome it.DNoemie Maxwell, Seattle Midwifery Sch.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Atria
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0743412737
• ISBN 13: 9780743412735
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256