ISBN:
9781789204360
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
200 p.
Edition:
1st edition
Series Statement:
Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives 44
Keywords:
Anthropology of Birth; Anthropology of Care; Medical Anthropology; South Africa; Private Sector Medical Care; Racial History; Racialized History; Healthcare; Childbirth; Privilege; Midwifery; Ethos of Care; Anthropological Scholarship; Feminist Scholarship; Elite Care Services; Social-Ecological Health
Abstract:
Focussing ethnographically on private-sector maternity care in South Africa, Privileges of Birth looks at the ways healthcare and childbirth are shaped by South Africa’s racialised history. Birth is one of the most medicalised aspects of the lifecycle across all sectors of society, and there is deep division between what the privileged can afford compared with the rest of the population. Examining the ethics of care in midwife-attended birth, the author situates the argument in the context of a growing literature on care in anthropological and feminist scholarship, offering a unique account of birthing care in the context of elite care services.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Elite Birthing Care in South Africa -- Chapter 1. Myths of Birth: Intervention, Having ‘Choice’ and Histories of Birth -- Chapter 2. Being heard: Planning, “choice” and knowing in pregnancy and birth -- Chapter 3. Self-Making: Pain, Language and Metaphor in Birth Stories -- Chapter 4. Making Birthing Relations: The Constitution of Attentiveness and Responsiveness -- Conclusion: Care as a Problem, Care’s Limits -- Appendix -- Glossary -- References -- Index --
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