TY  - GEN
T1  - Birthing fathers : the transformation of men in American rites of birth
A1  - Reed, Richard K., 1954-
LA  - English
PP  - New Brunswick, N.J.
PB  - Rutgers University Press
YR  - 2005
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm62215794
AB  - 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.
OP  - 259
CN  - RG652 .R44 2005eb
SN  - 0813537819
SN  - 9780813537818
SN  - 9786610360932
SN  - 6610360936
SN  - 0813535166
SN  - 9780813535166
SN  - 0813535174
SN  - 9780813535173
SN  - 1280360933
SN  - 9781280360930
KW  - Childbirth : Social aspects : United States.
KW  - Birth customs : United States.
KW  - Labor (Obstetrics) : United States.
KW  - Natural childbirth : United States.
KW  - Fatherhood : United States.
KW  - Fathers : United States : Psychology.
KW  - Fathers : United States : Attitudes.
KW  - Men : United States : Attitudes.
KW  - Father and infant.
KW  - Labor (Obstetrics)
KW  - Ethnology.
KW  - Delivery (Obstetrics)
KW  - Sociology.
KW  - Labor, Obstetric
KW  - Anthropology, Cultural
KW  - Delivery, Obstetric
KW  - Fathers : psychology
KW  - Sociology
KW  - United States
KW  - Naissance : Aspect social : États-Unis.
KW  - Naissance : Rites et coutumes : États-Unis.
KW  - Accouchement : États-Unis.
KW  - Accouchement naturel : États-Unis.
KW  - Paternité : États-Unis.
KW  - Pères : États-Unis : Psychologie.
KW  - Pères : États-Unis : Attitudes.
KW  - Hommes : États-Unis : Attitudes.
KW  - Père et nourrisson.
KW  - Travail (Obstétrique)
KW  - Ethnologie.
KW  - Délivrance (Obstétrique)
KW  - Sociologie.
KW  - sociology.
KW  - MEDICAL : Gynecology & Obstetrics.
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Birth customs
KW  - Childbirth : Social aspects
KW  - Father and infant
KW  - Fatherhood
KW  - Fathers : Attitudes
KW  - Fathers : Psychology
KW  - Men : Attitudes
KW  - Natural childbirth
ER  -