the transformation of men in American rites of birth
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Reed, Richard K.
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- VS 34 2005
- Thesaurus
- vaderschap, bevallingen, mannen, identiteit, relaties, gender, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- Anthropological and sociological analysis of American fatherhood and men's role in birthing. In this study, the author draws on the feminist critique of professionalized medical birthing to argue that the clinical nature of medical intervention distances fathers from child delivery. He explores men’s roles in childbirth and the ways in which birth transforms a man’s identity and his relations with his partner, his new baby, and society. The book concludes with an exploration of what men’s roles in childbirth tell us about gender and American society. Enriched with personal accounts of over fifty men from all parts of the world.