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Article: Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives.(Review)
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- Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
- Article date:
- June 1, 1999
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DAVIS-FLOYD, ROBBIE E. & CAROLYN F. SARGENT (eds). xii, 510 pp., illus., bibliogrs. Berkeley, London: Univ. of California Press, 1997. [pounds]40.00 (cloth), [pounds]15.95 (paper)
Dedicated to Brigitte Jordan, who pioneered the anthropology of childbirth in the 1970s, this collection of essays focuses on what she has termed 'authoritative knowledge'- knowledge considered legitimate and consequential, reinforced and reproduced via hierarchical social interactions - applied, in this case, to childbirth. The editors hope the volume will 'act both as a useful source of information about birth across cultures and as a charter for future research and further growth of ...