LEADER 04733nam 2200805Ia 450 001 9910449912903321 005 20210605004348.0 010 $a1-280-36093-3 010 $a9786610360932 010 $a0-8135-3781-9 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813537818 035 $a(CKB)1000000000246475 035 $a(EBL)979576 035 $a(OCoLC)804665110 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000112646 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11129266 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000112646 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10098209 035 $a(PQKB)10657072 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC979576 035 $a(OCoLC)62215794 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21364 035 $a(DE-B1597)529903 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813537818 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL979576 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10091290 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL36093 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000246475 100 $a20040518d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBirthing fathers$b[electronic resource] $ethe transformation of men in American rites of birth /$fRichard K. Reed 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-3516-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$t1. American Fathers and Hospital Childbirth --$t2. Couvade in Society and History --$t3. Standing Vigil: Fathers in the Waiting Room, 1920-1970 --$t4. Birthing Revolution: Men to the Barricades --$t5. Birthing Classes: Training Men to Birth --$t6. Men's Experience of Birth --$t7. Fathers, Birth, and Society --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $a"Treating birth as ritual, Reed makes clever use of his anthropological expertise, qualitative data, and personal experience to bring to life the frustrations and joys men often encounter as they navigate the medical model of birthing."-William Marsiglio, author Sex, Men, and Babies: Stories of Awareness and Responsibility In the past two decades, men have gone from being excluded from the delivery room to being admitted, then invited, and, finally, expected to participate actively in the birth of their children. No longer mere observers, fathers attend baby showers, go to birthing classes, and share in the intimate, everyday details of their partners' pregnancies. In this unique study, Richard Reed 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. In other societies, birth is recognized as an important rite of passage for fathers. Yet, in American culture, despite the fact that fathers are admitted into delivery rooms, little attention is given to their transition to fatherhood. The book concludes with an exploration of what men's roles in childbirth tell us about gender and American society. Reed suggests that it is no coincidence that men's participation in the birthing process developed in parallel to changing definitions of fatherhood more broadly. Over the past twenty years, it has become expected that fathers, in addition to being strong and dependable, will be empathetic and nurturing. Well-researched, candidly written, and enriched with personal accounts of over fifty men from all parts of the world, this book is as much about the birth of fathers as it is about fathers in birth. 606 $aChildbirth$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aBirth customs$zUnited States 606 $aLabor (Obstetrics)$zUnited States 606 $aNatural childbirth$zUnited States 606 $aFatherhood$zUnited States 606 $aFathers$zUnited States$xPsychology 606 $aFathers$zUnited States$xAttitudes 606 $aMen$zUnited States$xAttitudes 606 $aFather and infant 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChildbirth$xSocial aspects 615 0$aBirth customs 615 0$aLabor (Obstetrics) 615 0$aNatural childbirth 615 0$aFatherhood 615 0$aFathers$xPsychology. 615 0$aFathers$xAttitudes. 615 0$aMen$xAttitudes. 615 0$aFather and infant. 676 $a618.4 700 $aReed$b Richard K.$f1954-$0915479 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910449912903321 996 $aBirthing fathers$92452829 997 $aUNINA