Blessed Events: Religion and Home Birth in America.

Abstract

Preface: Motherhood Issues xi 1. Procreation Stories: An Introduction 1 2. Cultural Contexts of Home Birth 16 3. Risk, Fear, and the Ethics of Home Birth 38 4. Procreating Religion: Spirituality, Religion, and the Transformations of Birth 63 5. A Sense of Place: Meanings of Home 97 6. Natural Women: Bodies and the Work of Birth 135 7. Sliding between Pain and Pleasure: Home Birth and Visionary Pain 176 Epilogue: The Miracle of Birth 213 Appendix A: Interview Guide 221 Appendix B: The Women in the Study 224 Notes 231 Bibliography 285 Index 309

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