Theoretical Approaches To Obstetric Practices Studies And Texts About Childbirth
DOI: http://doi.org/10.33876/2224-9680/2019-1-17/08
Keywords:
natural childbirth, medicalized childbirth, home childbirth, hospital childbirth, traditional childbirth rite, urban obstetric practices, partner childbirth, doula’s care, childbirth narratives, transformation of Russian obstetrics, obstetrics medicalization, reproductive controlAbstract
The article reviews key Russian and foreign studies of perinatal culture. Explored are various theoretical approaches to studying and analyzing obstetric practices and texts about childbirth; also brought up is the diversity of problems, concepts and methods applied in studies of childbirth culture and obstetrics in Russian and foreign academia. Materials for the review and analysis are academic publications by Russian and English-language researchers of the last 40 years.
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