Robbie Davis‐floyd
Biographic Data
| ID | 3618704 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robbie Davis‐floyd |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robbie |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis‐floyd |
| SIGNATURE | FLOYD R D |
| AFFILIATIONS | a 804 Crystal Creek Dr, Austin, TX, 78746 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Birthing Practices
This entry begins with an evolutionary perspective, summarizing anthropological findings that cultures that evolved midwifery traditions would likely have had a survival advantage. It describes the cultural overlays on the physiological processes of labor and birth as ritualized in ways that reflect the core values and beliefs of a given society and also reflect women's status in that society. Rich and nurturant birth traditions and practices ten…
Introduction. Daughters of time
La partera profesional
This article documents the emergence of a new kind of midwife in Mexico, the thoroughly postmodern partera profesional. It traces the transnational conjunctures that facilitated her creation, illustrates aspects of her philosophy and praxis, and probes her ongoing articulations of identity. These women, who are of diverse sociocultural backgrounds, initially sought training from American direct-entry midwives in the independent out-of-hospital mi…
Conceiving the New World Order
Conceiving the New World Order: The Global Politics of Reproduction. Faye D. Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp. eds. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995 (cloth and paper), xii. 450 pages
Intuition as Authoritative Knowledge in Midwifery and Homebirth
As defined by Jordan (1992, 1993[1978]), authoritative knowledge motivates decision and action. Based on interviews with 22 white middle-class midwives in the United States conducted between 1992 and 1993, this article explores the inner knowing that constitutes a primary source of authoritative knowledge for homebirthers but is granted no authority in the realm of technomedicine. The purpose of this article is to call attention to these midwives…
Maternity, Medicine, and Power
Intuition as Authoritative Knowledge in Midwifery and Homebirth
As defined by Jordan (1992, 1993[1978]), authoritative knowledge motivates decision and action. Based on interviews with 22 white middle-class midwives in the United States conducted between 1992 and 1993, this article explores the inner knowing that constitutes a primary source of authoritative knowledge for homebirthers but is granted no authority in the realm of technomedicine. The purpose of this article is to call attention to these midwives…
La partera profesional
This article documents the emergence of a new kind of midwife in Mexico, the thoroughly postmodern partera profesional. It traces the transnational conjunctures that facilitated her creation, illustrates aspects of her philosophy and praxis, and probes her ongoing articulations of identity. These women, who are of diverse sociocultural backgrounds, initially sought training from American direct-entry midwives in the independent out-of-hospital mi…
Introduction. Daughters of time
Maternity, Medicine, and Power
Intuition as Authoritative Knowledge in Midwifery and Homebirth
As defined by Jordan (1992, 1993[1978]), authoritative knowledge motivates decision and action. Based on interviews with 22 white middle-class midwives in the United States conducted between 1992 and 1993, this article explores the inner knowing that constitutes a primary source of authoritative knowledge for homebirthers but is granted no authority in the realm of technomedicine. The purpose of this article is to call attention to these midwives…
Conceiving the New World Order
Conceiving the New World Order: The Global Politics of Reproduction. Faye D. Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp. eds. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995 (cloth and paper), xii. 450 pages
Introduction. Daughters of time
La partera profesional
This article documents the emergence of a new kind of midwife in Mexico, the thoroughly postmodern partera profesional. It traces the transnational conjunctures that facilitated her creation, illustrates aspects of her philosophy and praxis, and probes her ongoing articulations of identity. These women, who are of diverse sociocultural backgrounds, initially sought training from American direct-entry midwives in the independent out-of-hospital mi…
Birthing Practices
This entry begins with an evolutionary perspective, summarizing anthropological findings that cultures that evolved midwifery traditions would likely have had a survival advantage. It describes the cultural overlays on the physiological processes of labor and birth as ritualized in ways that reflect the core values and beliefs of a given society and also reflect women's status in that society. Rich and nurturant birth traditions and practices ten…
Sociology (6 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works)