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008 200506s2021 cau b 001 0 eng
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020 _a1503609839
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020 _z9781503614505
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_beng
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050 0 0 _aKF2915 .M5
_bC73 2021
100 1 _aCramer, Renée Ann,
245 1 0 _aBirthing a movement :
_bmidwives, law, and the politics of reproductive care /
_cRenée Ann Cramer.
246 3 0 _aMidwives, law, and the politics of reproductive care.
264 1 _aStanford, California :
_bStanford University Press,
_c[2021]
300 _axii, 274 pages ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: Knowing About Legality and Illegality in Midwifery Care in the United States -- 1. History and Status of Midwives in the United States -- 2. Modern and Professional: Legitimating, Marketing, and Reimagining Midwives -- 3. Mostly Happy Accidents: Successfully Mobilizing for Legal Status -- 4. Rights, Rules, and Regulation -- 5. Catching Babies and Catching Hell: Constitutive Interactions in the Limits and Shadow of the Law -- 6. Deep Transformations, Deep Contradictions: Changing Birth Culture One Movie, One Picnic, One<3.>Tiny Little Epistemological Shift at a Time -- Conclusion: Attending to Birth in Sociolegal Scholarship: Embodied, Interdisciplinary, and Authoritative Knowledge.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher
650 0 _aChildbirth
_xPolitical aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMidwives
_xLegal status, laws, etc.
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMidwives
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aSocial movements
_zUnited States.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aCramer, Renée Ann.
_tBirthing a movement.
_dStanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2021.
_z9781503614505.
_w(DLC) 2020021113.
999 _c522864
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