Maternal transition : a north-south politics of pregnancy and childbirth / Candace Johnson.
What are the political dimensions that are revealed in women's preferences for health care during pregnancy and childbirth? The answers to this question vary from one community to the next, and often from woman to the next, although the trends in the Global North and South are strikingly differ...
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; PART I Generating Theory; 2 Intersectionality and Complex Inequality; 3 The Political "Nature" of Pregnancy and Childbirth; 4 Maternal Citizenship and Mother Virtue; 5 Negotiating Maternal Identity; PART II Comparing North-South Cases; 6 Canada: Maternal Health and Diversity; 7 The United States: Birth at the Border; 8 Cuba: Between Resistance and Compliance; 9 Honduras: Birth and Death in Copán; 10 Conclusion; References; Index.