Doulas and intimate labour;boundaries, bodies, and birth.

Summary: Scholars turn to reproduction for its ability to illuminate the practices involved with negotiating personhood for the unborn, the newborn, and the already-existing family members, community members, and the nation. The scholarship in this volume draws attention to doula work as intimate and relational while highlighting the way boundaries are created, maintained, challenged, and transformed. Intimate labour as a theoretical construct provides a way to think about the kind of care doulas offer women across the reproductive spectrum. Doulas negotiate boundaries and often blur the divisions betw.

Record details

ISBN: 9781926452135
ISBN: 9781772580389
ISBN: 1926452135
ISBN: 1772580384
Physical Description: 1 online resource
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: BRADFORD : DEMETER Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:september.21 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Doulas-cover-WEB; doulas FINAL layout5
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.