The Politics of Birth

Author: Sheila Kitzinger

To understand how women experience birth it has to be seen in its social context: the meanings that events have and the relationships between all those involved.

In the Politics of birth Sheila Kitzinger explores the way in which we learn about birth, how we talk and feel about it, assumptions that professional caregivers may make, and the roles and skills of midwifes.

The aim of the book is to help develop deeper insight into how an industrialised and technocratic birth culture impacts on the physical and emotional health of childbearing women and families. This book is for women and all those who want to improve our culture of birth.

Printed: 2005

Pages: 216

Size: 15cm x 23cm x 1cm