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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806848503321

Autore

Owens Kim Hensley <1974->

Titolo

Writing childbirth : women's rhetorical agency in labor and online / / Kim Hensley Owens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, Illinois : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8093-3406-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Studies in rhetoric and feminisms

Classificazione

LAN015000SOC028000

Disciplina

618.2

Soggetti

Childbirth - United States - Psychological aspects

Childbirth - United States - Computer network resources

Patients' writings - United States - History and criticism

Birth plans - United States

Rhetoric - United States

Internet in medicine - United States

Communication in medicine - United States

Communication in obstetrics - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""INTRODUCTION: Writing Birth-Asserting Rhetorical Agency""; ""1. UNDERSTANDiNG BiRTH: Commonplaces of Modern American Childbirth Advice""; ""2. INVENTiNG BiRTH: Rhetorics of Control and Resistance""; ""3. CONFRONTiNG BiRTH: Rhetorical Disability and Five Women's Birth Plans""; ""4. HOSTiNG BiRTH: Birth and Birth Stories over Time and Online""; ""5. SHARiNG BiRTH: Catharsis, Commentary, and Testimonial in Online Birth Stories""; ""EPiLOGUE: Experiencing Birth""; ""APPENDIX A: SURVEY RECRUITMENT EMAIL""

""APPENDIX B: CHILDBIRTH WRITING SURVEY""""NOTES""; ""WORKS CITED""; ""INDEX""; ""Author Biography""; ""Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms""; ""Other Books in the Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms Series""; ""Back Cover""