TY - BOOK ID - 7541262 TI - Childbirth Across Cultures : Ideas and Practices of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Postpartum PY - 2009 SN - 9400730586 9048125987 9786612459634 1282459635 9048125995 9789048125999 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Birth customs -- Cross-cultural studies. KW - Childbirth -- Cross-cultural studies. KW - Cross-Cultural Comparison. KW - Parturition -- ethnology. KW - Pregnancy -- ethnology. KW - Childbirth KW - Birth customs KW - Parturition KW - Pregnancy KW - Ethnology KW - Cross-Cultural Comparison KW - Postpartum Period KW - Reproduction KW - Culture KW - Reproductive Physiological Phenomena KW - Anthropology, Cultural KW - Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena KW - Reproductive Physiological Processes KW - Sociology KW - Anthropology KW - Phenomena and Processes KW - Social Sciences KW - Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena KW - Social Change KW - Gynecology & Obstetrics KW - Social & Cultural Anthropology KW - Sociology & Social History KW - Medicine KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Obstetrics. KW - Maternal-fetal medicine KW - Social sciences. KW - Gynecology. KW - Anthropology. KW - Social Sciences. KW - Regional and Cultural Studies. KW - Study and teaching. KW - Culture-Study and teaching. KW - Human beings KW - Gynaecology KW - Generative organs, Female KW - Diseases KW - Culture—Study and teaching. KW - Gynecology . KW - Primitive societies KW - Social sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7541262 AB - Childbirth Across Cultures explores the childbirth process through globally diverse perspectives to offer a broader context with which to think about birth. It addresses multiple rituals and management models surrounding the labor and birth process from communities across the globe. Labor and birth are biocultural events that are managed in countless ways. We are particularly interested in the notion of power. Who controls the pregnancy and the birth? Is it the hospital, the doctor, or the in-laws, and in which cultures does the mother have the control? These decisions, regarding place of birth, position, who receives the baby and even how the mother may or may not behave during the actual delivery are all part of the different ways that birth is handled. The cultures included range from the Solomon Islands to Africa, Asia and the Americas. Other chapters cover Midwives and other Birth Attendants, Evolution of Birth, Women’s Birth Narratives, and Child Spacing and Breastfeeding. This book will bring together global research conducted by professional anthropologists, midwives and doctors who work closely with the individuals from the cultures they are writing about, offering a unique perspective direct from the cultural group. ER -