Birth as an American Rite of Passage
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of California Press
Published:5th Mar '04
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.
ISBN: 9780520229327
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm
Weight: 590g
424 pages
2nd edition