{"product_id":"childbirth-and-authoritative-knowledge-cross-cultural-perspectives-paperback","title":"Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobbie E. Davis-Floyd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Fishel Sargent\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRayna Rapp\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis benchmark collection of cross-cultural essays on reproduction and childbirth extends and enriches the work of Brigitte Jordan, who helped generate and define the field of the anthropology of birth. The authors' focus on authoritative knowledge--the knowledge that counts, on the basis of which decisions are made and actions taken--highlights the vast differences between birthing systems that give authority of knowing to women and their communities and those that invest it in experts and machines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildbirth and Authoritative Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e offers first-hand ethnographic research conducted by anthropologists in sixteen different societies and cultures and includes the interdisciplinary perspectives of a social psychologist, a sociologist, an epidemiologist, a staff member of the World Health Organization, and a community midwife. Exciting directions for further research as well as pressing needs for policy guidance emerge from these illuminating explorations of authoritative knowledge about birth. This book is certain to follow Jordan's \u003ci\u003eBirth in Four Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e as the definitive volume in a rapidly expanding field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobbie Davis-Floyd\u003c\/b\u003e, Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Texas, is author of \u003ci\u003eBirth as an American Rite of Passage\u003c\/i\u003e (California, 1992) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eCyborg Babies: From Techno-Sex to Techno-Tots\u003c\/i\u003e (1997). \u003cb\u003eCarolyn F. Sargent\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of Anthropology and Director of Women's Studies at Southern Methodist University, is author of \u003ci\u003eMaternity, Medicine, and Power: Reproductive Decisions in Urban Benin\u003c\/i\u003e (California, 1989) and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eMedical Anthropology: Contemporary Theory and Method\u003c\/i\u003e (1996).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 505\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.27 x 8.98 x 5.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453386211506,"sku":"9780520207851","price":66.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/26e723945201cadceb815afe3b50d372.webp?v=1778829220","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/childbirth-and-authoritative-knowledge-cross-cultural-perspectives-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}