Reinscribing the birthing body: Homebirth as ritual performance

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 519-542

  Cheyney, Melissa ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; SYMBOLISM; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83455242889     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2011.01183.x     Document Type: Article

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