Privileges of Birth : : Constellations of Care, Myth, and Race in South Africa / / Jennifer J. M. Rogerson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Rogerson, Jennifer J. M.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives ; 44
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction: Elite Birthing Care in South Africa --; Chapter 1 Myths of Birth: Intervention, Having ‘Choice’ and Histories of Birth --; Chapter 2 Being Heard: Planning, ‘Choice’ and Knowing in Pregnancy and Birth --; Chapter 3 Self-Making: Pain, Language and Metaphor in Birth Stories --; Chapter 4 Making Birthing Relations: The Constitution of Attentiveness and Responsiveness --; Conclusion: Care as a Problem, Care’s Limits --; Appendix --; Glossary --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781789204360; 9783110997729
• DOI: 10.1515/9781789204360?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jennifer J. M. Rogerson.

Focussing ethnographically on private-sector maternity care in South Africa, Privileges of Birth looks at the ways healthcare and childbirth are shaped by South Africa’s racialised history. Birth is one of the most medicalised aspects of the lifecycle across all sectors of society, and there is deep division between what the privileged can afford compared with the rest of the population. Examining the ethics of care in midwife-attended birth, the author situates the argument in the context of a growing literature on care in anthropological and feminist scholarship, offering a unique account of birthing care in the context of elite care services.