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The fourth and final essay in this part of the book "Authoritative Knowledge and Birth Territories in Contemporary Japan" by Deborah Cordero Fiedler discusses the role of authoritative knowledge in Japan. [6] [8] [10] In contrast to the United States, Japan uses technology during birth, however physicians will not immediately intervene. [10]
Rayna Rapp praised Jordan for her authoritative knowledge of childbirth: "Jordan uses her exquisite sense of description to birth a theoretical framework." [ 5 ] Jordan's theoretical concept of authoritative knowledge has been employed by countless scholars to account for the subsuming of some ways of knowing by others and also to show how ...
[2] [3] In their edited collection, Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Robbie E. Davis-Floyd and Carolyn F. Sargent praised the book for focusing "anthropological attention on childbirth as a subject worthy of in-depth ethnographic fieldwork and cross-cultural comparison, and that inspired many others to enter ...
Both had examined the interactions among midwives' authoritative knowledge and their trust in their own intuition and in the intuition of women giving birth. [7] This form of authoritative knowledge occurs in a context where independent midwives rely on knowledge that they spiritually and personally embody, primarily through expertise and by ...
TIL Tasmanian Devil's give birth to between 30 and 40 offsprings but the mother only has four teats. The first four to attach to teats survive, the others perish. Image credits: Potatoe_expert
Davis-Floyd argues that American birthing practices value science over nature, a doctor's knowledge over that of the mother and that many common actions performed by doctors (or the mother) are technocratic rituals – behaviors with limited practical purpose. She cites practices such as obstructing the mother's line of sight to the baby ...
Before I stopped using birth control about 10 years ago, I got the Mirena IUD and the insertion pain was so severe I passed out. My vision went black as the most gut-wrenching “cramp” I’ve ...
Mira, Wu’s third child, was born on Jan. 14, 2025. Just hours after giving birth, she was already connecting with her senior staff, and on Jan. 28, she returned to work at City Hall with Mira in ...