236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
List of Abbreviations
- Opening
- Birthing Bodies: The Politics of Framing
- Clockwork Bodies
- Risky Bodies
- Violated Bodies
- Resistant Bodies
- What Matters? Vitalizing Birth Politics
- Closing
References
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Biography
Dr Rachelle Chadwick is NRF Research Career Fellow in the Gender Studies Section of the School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
