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There is no other living scholar with Davis-Floyd’s solid roots, activism, and scholarly achievements on the combined subjects of childbirth, midwifery, obstetrics, and medicine. Ways of Knowing about Birth brings together an astounding array of her most popular and essential works, all updated for this volume, spanning over three decades of research and writing from the perspectives of cultural, medical, and symbolic anthropology. The 16 essays capture Robbie Davis-Floyd’s unique voice, which brims with wisdom, compassion, and deep understanding. Intentionally cast as stand-alone pieces, the chapters offer the ultimate in classroom flexibility and include discussion questions and recommended films.

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  • Author : Robbie Davis-Floyd
  • Publisher : Waveland Press
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Total Pages : 438 pages
  • ISBN : 1478636491
  • PDF File Size : 19,5 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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Ways of Knowing about Birth

Ways of Knowing about Birth
  • Publisher : Waveland Press
  • File Size : 52,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 11 October 2017
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There is no other living scholar with Davis-Floyd’s solid roots, activism, and scholarly achievements on the combined subjects of childbirth, midwifery, obstetrics, and medicine. Ways of Knowing about Birth

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  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • File Size : 49,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 01 May 2020
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  • Release Date : 03 May 2024
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  • File Size : 49,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 28 April 2023
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  • Publisher : Waveland Press
  • File Size : 51,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 10 January 2019
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This stunning sequel to Brigitte Jordan’s landmark Birth in Four Cultures brings together the work of fifteen reproductive anthropologists to address core cultural values and knowledge systems as revealed

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  • Publisher : Berghahn Books
  • File Size : 41,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 11 June 2023
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Volume 2 in this landmark 3-volume series The Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: The Practice, Maintenance, and Reproduction of a Biomedical Profession looks at cognition, risk, and responsibility in obstetrics. This

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  • Publisher : Unknown Publisher
  • File Size : 35,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 03 May 2024
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  • Publisher : Springer Nature
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  • Release Date : 11 January 2022
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  • File Size : 46,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 05 May 2022
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This classic book, first published in 1992 and again in 2003, has inspired three generations of childbearing people, birth activists and researchers, and birth practitioners—midwives, doulas, nurses, and obstetricians—to take