Birthing Work

The Collective Labour of Childbirth

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Charting the contributions of the multiple human and non-human actors that contribute to the birth experience, it offers a new perspective on childbirth that cuts across the often emotional debates about natural versus medicalised birth.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-10-28
Mått:148 x 210 x 14 mm
Vikt:323 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:144
Förlag:Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN:9789811500091

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Dr Katharine McKinnon is a human geographer whose work engages with community economies, gender, development and care. She holds a PhD in Human Geography from The Australian National University and her work is informed by post-development theory and feminist economic geography. She is a member of the Community Economies Collective and holds an inaugural Tracey Banivanua Mar Research Fellowship at La Trobe University, Australia.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Assembling Birth.- 2. Negotiating with Babies.- 3. Thinking with Bodies.- 4. Becoming Mothers Alongside a Roomful of Things.- 5. Doctoring with Bureaucracy.- 6. Loving Technologies.- 7. Taking Time.- 8. Conclusion: Caring for the Diverse Birth.