Birth as an American Rite of Passage

ISBN: 9780520229327

出版社: University of California Press

出版年: 2004-03-15

页数: 424

定价: USD 22.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

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.