Blessed Events : : Religion and Home Birth in America / / Pamela E. Klassen.

• VerfasserIn: Klassen, Pamela E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)

Blessed Events explores how women who give birth at home use religion to make sense of their births and in turn draw on their birthing experiences to bring meaning to their lives and families. Pamela Klassen introduces a surprisingly diverse group of women, in their own words, while also setting the...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface Motherhood Issues
• 1. Procreation Stories: An Introduction
• 2. Cultural Contexts of Home Birth
• 3. Risk, Fear, and the Ethics of Home Birth
• 4. Procreating Religion: Spirituality, Religion, and the Transformations of Birth
• 5. A Sense of Place: Meanings of Home
• 6. Natural Women: Bodies and the Work of Birth
• 7. Sliding between Pain and Pleasure: Home Birth and Visionary Pain
• Epilogue: The Miracle of Birth
• Appendix A: Interview Guide
• Appendix B: The Women in the Study
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index