Blessed Events Religion and Home Birth in America

Name: Blessed Events Religion and Home Birth in America
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ISBN: 9780691087986

ISBN-10: 0691087989

ISBN-13: 9780691087986

Edition: 2001

Authors: Pamela E. Klassen

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What does home birth mean in practice for women's gender and religious identities? This study explores how American women who give birth at home use religion to make sense of their births.

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 10/7/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



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



Interview Guide



The Women in the Study


Notes


Bibliography


Index