Gender expectations: Natural bodies and natural births in the new midwifery in Canada

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-256

  Macdonald, Margaret ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender performativity; Maternity care in Canada; Midwifery; Natural birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CANADA; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33747157366     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2006.20.2.235     Document Type: Article

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