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From Home to Hospital
Angela D. Danzi
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Description for From Home to Hospital
Hardback. Num Pages: 244 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBPM; MJT; MMZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Employing seventy-eight in-depth interviews with Italian and Jewish American women, this study presents the subjective voices of women caught up in an important social change: the pre-1940 transformation of childbirth. Italian women were more varied in their choices—some were more likely to prefer home birth with a midwife, while others used a hospital clinic or private physician. A significant number moved from home to hospital over their birth careers, while nearly all Jewish women selected physician-assisted hospital birth. These differences are explained by looking at the structure and context of women's family and friendship networks and their personal ... Read more
Employing seventy-eight in-depth interviews with Italian and Jewish American women, this study presents the subjective voices of women caught up in an important social change: the pre-1940 transformation of childbirth. Italian women were more varied in their choices—some were more likely to prefer home birth with a midwife, while others used a hospital clinic or private physician. A significant number moved from home to hospital over their birth careers, while nearly all Jewish women selected physician-assisted hospital birth. These differences are explained by looking at the structure and context of women's family and friendship networks and their personal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761809111
SKU
V9780761809111
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About Angela D. Danzi
Angela D. Danzi is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the State University of New York, Farmingdale.
Reviews for From Home to Hospital
Danzi's study points to the way in which the culture of everyday practices, when studies within a historical framework, allows us to understand further the complexities of immigrant women's lives and of ethnic communities generally.
Italian American Review
Italian American Review