ISBN:
9789811500107
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource (147 pages)
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DDC:
304.63
Schlagwort(e):
Childbirth-Social aspects
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: Assembling Birth -- Getting Past the Birth Wars -- The Childbirth Assemblage -- Maternal Work -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 Negotiating with Babies -- Taking Control and Ceding Control -- Baby Agency -- Regret and Responsibility -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Thinking with Bodies -- Instinct and the Animal Self -- A Maternal Consciousness? -- The Dark Spaces of Labour Land -- The Intelligent Body -- Abandoning Mastery over the Body -- Conclusion: Thinking Bodies -- References -- 4 Becoming Mothers Alongside a Roomful of Things -- Thingness -- What Is a (Birthing) Bed? -- The 'Thing-Power' of the Bed -- Allies and Antagonisms -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Doctoring with Bureaucracy -- Bureaucracy -- Fear and Control in Maternal Bureaucracies -- Litigation and the 'Cerebral' -- Everyday Activism and Gaming the System -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Loving Technologies -- The Controversial History of the CTG -- The CTG Is a Witness -- The Machine Is a Worker -- The Reassuring Insistence of the CTG -- Technological Relationships: With Ourselves, Each Other and the Machine -- Negotiating with (and Around) the Machine -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Taking Time -- Time Is Not Everything -- The Clock Tracks 'Progress' -- Managing Time -- Conclusion: Making Time Work -- References -- 8 Conclusion: Caring for the Diverse Birth -- References -- Bibliography -- Index.
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