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• catalog abstract "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.--Publisher description.".
• catalog contributor b13143948.
• catalog created "c2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "c2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-368) and index.".
• catalog description "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" -- The Technocratic Model: Past and Present -- Medicine as a Microcosm of American Society -- The Body as Machine -- The Technocratic Model of Birth -- The Role of American Obstetrics in the Resolution of Cultural Anomaly -- 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 -- Belief Systems About Birth: The Technocratic, Wholistic, and Natural Models -- The Significance of Belief -- The Wholistic Model of Birth --".
• catalog description "The Technocratic and Wholistic Models of Birth Compared -- "Natural" Models of Birth -- The Ideology of Safety -- The Alternative Birth Center: A Middle Ground? -- 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 -- Scars into Stars : The Reinterpretation of the Childbirth Experience -- Compartmentalization -- "Further Epistemic Exploration": "Teilhard de Chardin" versus "Sartre" -- 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 society -- The computerized birth? Some ritual and political implications for the future -- The cultural consensus -- Women's roles : the politics of birth --".
• catalog description "The technocratic model of birth : futuristic extremes -- 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.".
• catalog description "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.--Publisher description.".
• catalog extent "xlii, 382 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0520229320 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "9780520229327".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "c2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "618.4/01/9 21".
• catalog subject "Childbirth Social aspects United States.".
• catalog subject "Childbirth United States Psychological aspects.".
• catalog subject "RG518.U5 D38 2003".
• catalog subject "Rites and ceremonies United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "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" -- The Technocratic Model: Past and Present -- Medicine as a Microcosm of American Society -- The Body as Machine -- The Technocratic Model of Birth -- The Role of American Obstetrics in the Resolution of Cultural Anomaly -- 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 -- Belief Systems About Birth: The Technocratic, Wholistic, and Natural Models -- The Significance of Belief -- The Wholistic Model of Birth --".
• catalog tableOfContents "The Technocratic and Wholistic Models of Birth Compared -- "Natural" Models of Birth -- The Ideology of Safety -- The Alternative Birth Center: A Middle Ground? -- 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 -- Scars into Stars : The Reinterpretation of the Childbirth Experience -- Compartmentalization -- "Further Epistemic Exploration": "Teilhard de Chardin" versus "Sartre" -- 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 society -- The computerized birth? Some ritual and political implications for the future -- The cultural consensus -- Women's roles : the politics of birth --".
• catalog tableOfContents "The technocratic model of birth : futuristic extremes -- 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.".
• catalog title "Birth as an American rite of passage / Robbie E. Davis-Floyd.".
• catalog type "text".