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Routledge - Bodies that Birth: Vitalizing Birth Politics

Name: Routledge - Bodies that Birth: Vitalizing Birth Politics
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Bodies that Birth: Vitalizing Birth Politics offers a deep look into contemporary birth politics, power, and agency. Author Rachelle Chadwick places birthing bodies at the center of the conversation, addressing a gap in social science scholarship where the physical and embodied aspects of birth are often overlooked. By examining a wide array of birth stories from diverse race and class demographics, this book explores how flesh, power, and sociomateriality connect during the birthing process. It provides a necessary perspective for those studying the intersection of human experience and social structures. Through a theoretical framework that combines new materialism, feminist theory, and a Foucauldian analytics of power, the text traces the complex relationships inherent in childbirth. This book is a valuable resource for students and researchers interested in anthropology, sociology, and the psychological aspects of women's health and social science.

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Explores the relationship between birthing bodies and contemporary birth politics, power, and agency.

Uses diverse birth stories across various race and class demographics to provide a broad perspective.

Addresses the lack of focus on embodied aspects of birth within current social science scholarship.

Integrates new materialism and feminist theory to examine the narrative connections between flesh and power.

Applies a Foucauldian analytics of power to trace sociomateriality in relation to the birthing process.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1138123331
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 13 March 2018
Listed Since: 06 July 2017

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