Description |
1 online resource (xii, 274 pages) |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : knowing about legality and illegality in midwifery care in the United States -- History and status of midwives in the United States -- Modern and professional -- Mostly happy accidents -- Rights, rules, and regulation -- Catching babies, and catching hell -- Deep transformations, deep contradictions -- Conclusion : attending to birth in sociolegal scholarship. |
Summary |
"This is the first ethnography of American midwives and their clients and advocates. The culmination of more than a decade of participant-observation, interviews, and archival research, this project specifically interrogates the potential and pitfalls of legal and political campaigns for reproductive autonomy"-- Provided by publisher. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Midwives -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Midwives -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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United States. |
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Midwives -- United States -- History.
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Midwives. |
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History. |
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Social movements -- United States.
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Social movements. |
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Childbirth -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Childbirth -- Political aspects. |
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Childbirth. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Subject |
Social movements. |
Other Form: |
Print version: Cramer, Renée Ann. Birthing a movement Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2021. 9781503609839 (DLC) 2020021112 |
ISBN |
9781503614505 electronic book |
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1503614506 electronic book |
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9781503609839 hardcover |
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9781503614499 paperback |
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