TY - BOOK AU - Cramer,Renée Ann TI - Birthing a movement: midwives, law, and the politics of reproductive care SN - 9781503614505 AV - KF2915 .B578 2021 KW - Midwives KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - United States KW - History KW - Social movements KW - Childbirth KW - Political aspects KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - "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"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2689364&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -