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Bodies that birth : vitalizing birth politics / Rachelle Chadwick.

By: Chadwick, Rachelle [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Women and psychologyPublisher: London : Routledge, 2018Description: 240 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138123342 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Reproductive rights | Women's rights | Feminist theory | Motherhood -- Political aspects | Society | SocietyDDC classification: 305.4'2 Summary: 'Bodies that Birth' puts birthing bodies at the centre of questions about contemporary birth politics, power and agency. Arguing that the fleshy and embodied aspects of birth have been largely silenced in social science scholarship, Rachelle Chadwick uses an array of birth stories, from diverse race-class demographics, to explore the narrative entanglements between flesh, power and sociomateriality in relation to birth.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Bodies that Birth' puts birthing bodies at the centre of questions about contemporary birth politics, power and agency. Arguing that the fleshy and embodied aspects of birth have been largely silenced in social science scholarship, Rachelle Chadwick uses an array of birth stories, from diverse race-class demographics, to explore the narrative entanglements between flesh, power and sociomateriality in relation to birth.

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