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Birthing fathers : the transformation of men in American rites of birth
- Title
- Birthing fathers : the transformation of men in American rites of birth / Richard K. Reed.
- Author
- Reed, Richard K., 1954-
- Publication
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2005], ©2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | RG652 .R44 2005 | Off-site |
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- Description
- ix, 259 pages; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Fathers
- Natural childbirth > United States
- Birth customs > United States
- Fathers > United States > Attitudes
- United States
- Childbirth > Social aspects > United States
- Fathers > United States > Psychology
- Labor, Obstetric
- Natural Childbirth
- Men > United States > Attitudes
- Father and infant
- Labor (Obstetrics) > United States
- Fatherhood > United States
- Parturition
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index.
- Contents
- 1. American fathers and hospital childbirth -- 2. Couvade in society and history -- 3. Standing vigil : fathers in the waiting room, 1920-1970 -- 4. Birthing revolution : men to the barricades -- 5. Birthing classes : training men to birth -- 6. Men's experience of birth -- 7. Fathers, birth, and society.
- ISBN
- 0813535166 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0813535174 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004011740
- 9780813535173 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- OCLC
- ocm55228715
- SCSB-5155674
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries