Birth as an American Rite of Passage, Paperback

This book reexamines the "standard" procedures used to "manage" American childbirth, identifying non-evidence-based obstetric interventions as rituals enacting core values of the American technocracy. This new edition brings together new data with Davis-Floyd's insights into the ritualization and models of labor and birth.

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Author(s): Robbie (University of Texas, Austin, United States of America) Davis-Floyd
• Illustration(s): 6 Tables, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
• Number of pages: 412
• Collection: Social Science Perspectives on Childbirth and Reproduction
• Publication date: 2022
• Dimensions: 235 x 157 x 31
• Cover type: Paperback / softback