Blessed events : religion and home birth in America /
"Blessed Events explores how women who give birth at home use religion to make sense of their births and in turn draw on their birthing experiences to bring meaning to their lives and families."--Back cover
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2001.
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Colección: | Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface: Motherhood Issues
- Procreation Stories: An Introduction
- Cultural Contexts of Home Birth
- Risk, Fear, and the Ethics of Home Birth
- Procreating Religion: Spirituality, Religion, and the Transformations of Birth
- A Sense of Place: Meanings of Home
- Natural Women: Bodies and the Work of Birth
- Sliding between Pain and Pleasure: Home Birth and Visionary Pain
- Epilogue: The Miracle of Birth.