ISBN:
9781119845348
,
9781119845386
Language:
English
Pages:
xxiii, 529 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Wiley Blackwell companions to anthropology 1
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Companion to the anthropology of reproductive medicine and technology
DDC:
306.4/61
Keywords:
Human reproduction Anthropological aspects
;
Medical anthropology
;
Reproductive health
;
Human reproductive technology
Abstract:
"The history of obstetrics is also a history of power. As the field of obstetrics became more professionalized, specialized, and masculinized in the 19th century, midwifery was racialized and excised in the United States and denigrated abroad by early development efforts. Childbirth shifted into the hospital where obstetricians continue to develop medical and technological models of perinatal care"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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