Birthing a movement : midwives, law, and the politics of reproductive care /
Cramer, Renée Ann,
Birthing a movement : midwives, law, and the politics of reproductive care / Renée Ann Cramer. - 1 online resource (xii, 274 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : knowing about legality and illegality in midwifery care in the United States -- History and status of midwives in the United States -- Modern and professional -- Mostly happy accidents -- Rights, rules, and regulation -- Catching babies, and catching hell -- Deep transformations, deep contradictions -- Conclusion : attending to birth in sociolegal scholarship.
"This is the first ethnography of American midwives and their clients and advocates. The culmination of more than a decade of participant-observation, interviews, and archival research, this project specifically interrogates the potential and pitfalls of legal and political campaigns for reproductive autonomy"--
9781503614505
2020021113
Midwives--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Midwives--History.--United States
Social movements--United States.
Childbirth--Political aspects--United States.
Electronic Books.
KF2915 / .B578 2021
Birthing a movement : midwives, law, and the politics of reproductive care / Renée Ann Cramer. - 1 online resource (xii, 274 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : knowing about legality and illegality in midwifery care in the United States -- History and status of midwives in the United States -- Modern and professional -- Mostly happy accidents -- Rights, rules, and regulation -- Catching babies, and catching hell -- Deep transformations, deep contradictions -- Conclusion : attending to birth in sociolegal scholarship.
"This is the first ethnography of American midwives and their clients and advocates. The culmination of more than a decade of participant-observation, interviews, and archival research, this project specifically interrogates the potential and pitfalls of legal and political campaigns for reproductive autonomy"--
9781503614505
2020021113
Midwives--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Midwives--History.--United States
Social movements--United States.
Childbirth--Political aspects--United States.
Electronic Books.
KF2915 / .B578 2021