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Privileges of birth : constellations of care, myth and race in South Africa
- Title
- Privileges of birth : constellations of care, myth and race in South Africa / Jennifer J.M. Rogerson.
- Author
- Rogerson, Jennifer J. M.
- Publication
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2020.
- ©2020
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- Description
- 193 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Focussing ethnographically on private sector maternity care in South Africa, Privileges of Birth attends to the ways healthcare and childbirth are shaped by South Africa's racialised history. Birth is one of the most medicalised aspects of the life-cycle across all sectors of society and is also deeply divided between what the privileged can afford compared with the rest of the population. Examining the ethics of care in midwife-attended birth, the author situates the argument in the context of a growing literature on care in anthropological and feminist scholarship, offering a unique account of birthing care in the context of elite care services"--
- Series Statement
- Fertility, reproduction and sexuality ; volume 44
- Uniform Title
- Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 44.
- Subject
- Childbirth > Social aspects > South Africa
- Midwifery > South Africa
- Postnatal care > Social aspects > South Africa
- Maternal health services > South Africa
- Newborn infants > Care > Social aspects > South Africa
- Childbirth > Social aspects
- Maternal health services
- Midwifery
- South Africa > Population
- South Africa
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references ([175]-190) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction. Elite Birthing Care in South Africa -- Myths of Birth: Intervention, Having 'Choice' and Histories of Birth -- Being Heard: Planning, 'Choice' and Knowing in Pregnancy and Birth -- Self-Making: Pain, Language and Metaphor in Birth Stories -- Making Birthing Relations: The Constitution of Attentiveness and Responsiveness -- Conclusion. Care as a Problem, Care's Limits.
- Call Number
- Sc E 20-64
- ISBN
- 9781789204353
- 1789204356
- LCCN
- 2019038003
- OCLC
- 1117310714
- Author
- Rogerson, Jennifer J. M., author.
- Title
- Privileges of birth : constellations of care, myth and race in South Africa / Jennifer J.M. Rogerson.
- Publisher
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Fertility, reproduction and sexuality ; volume 44Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 44.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references ([175]-190) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 20-64