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 …

Facing the polar forces of an epidemic of Cesarean sections and epidurals and home-like
labor rooms, American birth is in transition. Caught between the most extreme …

In this rare, behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in hospitals across the country, a
longtime medical insider and international authority on childbirth assesses the flawed …

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 …

This book will explore the childbirth process through globally diverse perspectives in order
to offer a broader context with which to think about birth. We will address multiple rituals and …

Babies are not simply born—they are made through cultural and social practices. Based on
rich empirical work, this book examines the everyday experiences that mark pregnancy in …

This lively history of childbirth begins with colonial days, when childbirth was a social event,
and moves on to the gradual medicalization of childbirth in America as doctors forced …

Birth stories, Della Pollock tells us," are everywhere and nowhere," permeating and haunting
our everyday lives. In this remarkable volume Pollock explores the myriad ways in which …

This collection of essays contains leading research in maternity care from Europe, the
United States and Canada to discuss systems of care for pregnancy and childbirth. Birth By …

Despite the centrality of pregnancy and birth in women's lives, historians have only recently
turned their attention to the changing customs and attitudes Americans have carried into the …