Originally published 1995 The Making of Man-Midwifery looks at how
the eighteenth century witnessed a revolution in childbirth
practices. By the last quarter of the century increasing numbers of
babies were being delivered by men - a dramatic shift from the
women-only ritual that had been standard throughout Western
history. This authoritative and challenging work explains this
transformation in medical practice and remarkable shift in gender
relations. By tracing the actual development and transmission of
the new midwifery skills through the period, the book addresses
both technological and feminist arguments of the period. The study
is distinctive in treating childbirth as both a bodily and a social
event and in explaining how the two were intimately connected.
Practical obstetrics is shown to have been shaped by the social
relations surrounding deliveries, and specific techniques were
associated with distinctive places and political allegiances. The
books studies how increasing numbers emergent male-midwives had
overtaken women in the skill of delivering children and how as such
expectant mothers chose to use these male-midwives, thus heralding
the growth of male-midwives in the period.
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