This study focuses on the construction of subjectivity in and through the telling of birth
stories. Drawing on 50 interviews with middle-class women, most of who" chose" to birth …

In contemporary western society, motherhood has acquired a special significance for
women: women are expected to find fulfilment and satisfaction in the role of the" ever …

This paper provides an alternative mapping of (home) birthing body-subjects. It argues that
an individualist (and phallocentric) model of the subject permeates cross-disciplinary …

When people tell stories they do not simply involved in reflecting the true facts of their
experiences. Instead, storytelling is a dialogical process involving a dialectical interplay …

This paper focuses on the challenges researchers face when focusing on embodiment in
qualitative analyses. Using insights gained through a narrative study of middle-class South …

While the literature on home birth emphasises women's capacity to relate to birth in deeply
meaningful terms, less attention has been paid to 'interferences' in this process. The extent …

Abstract In South Africa excellent scholarship exists on women's experiences of homebirth
but no studies have yet examined men's or couples' experiences. The thesis sought to make …

Sixteen-year-old Anna gave birth to her second child in the Salvation Army Clinic in the
Ashanti Province of Ghana, having lost her first. She thanked God for safe passage for …

This article is the result of a long-standing interest in childbirth and its meanings and
implications for feminine subjectivity. From the 1970s onwards, both my personal experience …

Background The birth story has been widely understood as a crucial source of knowledge
about childbirth. What has not been reported is the effect that birth stories may have on …