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Birthing fathers [[electronic resource] ] : the transformation of men in American rites of birth / / Richard K. Reed



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Autore: Reed Richard K. <1954-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Birthing fathers [[electronic resource] ] : the transformation of men in American rites of birth / / Richard K. Reed Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
Disciplina: 618.4
Soggetto topico: Childbirth - Social aspects - United States
Birth customs - United States
Labor (Obstetrics) - United States
Natural childbirth - United States
Fatherhood - United States
Fathers - United States - Psychology
Fathers - United States - Attitudes
Men - United States - Attitudes
Father and infant
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. American Fathers and Hospital Childbirth -- 2. Couvade in Society and History -- 3. Standing Vigil: Fathers in the Waiting Room, 1920-1970 -- 4. Birthing Revolution: Men to the Barricades -- 5. Birthing Classes: Training Men to Birth -- 6. Men's Experience of Birth -- 7. Fathers, Birth, and Society -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: "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.
Titolo autorizzato: Birthing fathers  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-36093-3
9786610360932
0-8135-3781-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910449912903321
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