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Why do so many American women allow themselves to become enmeshed in the standardized routines of technocratic childbirth—routines that can be insensitive, unnecessary, and even unhealthy? And why, in spite of the natural childbirth movement, has hospital birth become even more intensely technologized? Robbie Davis-Floyd argues that these obstetrical procedures are rituals that reflect a cultural belief in the superiority of science over nature. Her interviews with 100 mothers and many health care professionals reveal in detail both the trauma and the satisfaction women derive from childbirth. She also calls for greater cultural and medical tolerance of the alternative beliefs of women who choose to birth at home.
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Joshua Swedis
reviewed Birth as an American rite of passage on September 14, 2007 Birth as an American rite of passage
Mindblowing. On my journey towards learning more of the truth about birth in America, one niggling issue for me has been "Why do women continue to put up with this?" This book answers that and more. It takes a bit of time to truly get engrossed in the anthropoligical symbolism Davis-Floyd applies but once you do, man, what she says makes sense. Another great read for anyone interested in how women birth is important to feminism. The book is very obviously slanted towards homebirth, and she talks about practices in the hospital that are outdated and basically obsolete, but it is still highly relavent because they DID go on at one point, and it's important to examine why they persisted. Also a very interesting chapter on medical school as a rite of passage and the struggle doctors must endure to retain their humanism in the face of those rituals. Just a phenomenal, controversial read!
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