Obstetric Violence: Realities, and Resistance from Around the World
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Obstetric Violence: Realities, and Resistance from Around the World

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Obstetric Violence: Realities, and Resistance from Around the World

About this book

In this book, we make space to interrogate obstetric violence; from its historical and legal roots and contemporary realities, to responses of advocacy and resistance. Through the lens of obstetric violence, we are able to see overlap in structural vulnerability across continents as well as recognize the ways in which obstetric violence is symptomatic of larger global problems including systemic injustices related to reproductive health. Combining the perspectives of care providers, birthing people, advocates and researchers, our volume seeks to include both a systematic and structural understanding of obstetric violence. We bring together diverse voices, from practitioners, to activists, to academics, and provide a global perspective on obstetric violence with research from around the world, including indigenous communities from North America (Canada and Hawaii), examples from Latin American and Caribbean countries as well as country-specific cases from Argentina, Australia, Egypt, Mexico, Portugal, and the United States. The range of disciplinary perspectives and global experiences presented in this book demonstrates that obstetric violence is neither bound to one discipline, nor site specific. Together the chapters of this volume work to understand obstetric violence, moving beyond static definitions towards a spectrum of lived experiences that highlight three main areas: Legislation and Policy, Experiencing Obstetric Violence, and Advocacy, Resistance and Reframing. The time for a global recognition of obstetric violence – of the larger structural forces embedded in systems that cross cultures and violate bodies in acutely vulnerable life moments – is now. By naming it and saying it out loud we recognize obstetric violence exists and can together begin the process of systemic change necessary to prevent it.

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Yes, you can access Obstetric Violence: Realities, and Resistance from Around the World by Nicole Hill,Angela N. Castañed,Julie Johnson Searcy is in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicina & Ginecologia e ostetricia. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Demeter Press
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781772583854

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. A Message from the Artist
  7. Contents
  8. Introduction
  9. Part ILegislation and Policy
  10. Chapter 1
  11. Chapter 2
  12. Chapter 3
  13. Part IIExperiencing Obstetric Violence
  14. Chapter 4
  15. Chapter 5
  16. Chapter 6
  17. Chapter 7
  18. Chapter 8
  19. Chapter 9
  20. Chapter 10
  21. Part IIIAdvocacy, Resistance, and Reframing
  22. Chapter 11
  23. Chapter 12
  24. Chapter 13
  25. Chapter 14
  26. Chapter 15
  27. Notes on Contributors
  28. Deepest appreciation to Demeter’s monthly Donors