A Different Place to Birth
A Material Rhetoric Analysis of Baby Haven, a Free-Standing Birth Center
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12098974 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Lay Schuster (University of Minnesota) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-38 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s Studies in Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0749-1409 • E-ISSN: 2152-999X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07491409.2006.10757626 |
| OpenAlex | W1980093686 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 24 |
Clients at a free-standing birth center resist the medical hegemonic construction of their pregnant bodies as risky entities through the spatial organization and material objects of the center. The center displays partisan messages about birth as a safe and private event. Therefore, when clients realize the physical and psychological consequences of structures and objects, they reconnect with their physical bodies, associate mental attitudes with physical sensations, and sustain a counterdiscourse about birth
Center (category theory · Childbirth · Haven · Hegemony · Home birth · Political science · Pregnancy · Rhetoric · Safe haven · Terrorism · World trade center · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Law · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2019 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |