Birth as an American Rite of Passage

Birth as an American Rite of Passage
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 427
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ISBN-10 : 9780520927216
ISBN-13 : 0520927214
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Book Synopsis Birth as an American Rite of Passage by : Robbie E. Davis-Floyd

Download or read book Birth as an American Rite of Passage written by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-03-15 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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