From Home to Hospital
Jewish and Italian American Women and Childbirth, 1920-1940 (review)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15024533 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rima D Apple (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 851-852 |
| Publication date | 2000-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the history of medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-5140 • E-ISSN: 1086-3176 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bhm.2000.0157 |
| OpenAlex | W2091158128 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Reaching beyond the study of professional obstetrics, historians have uncovered a rich diversity of childbirth practices and beliefs. They often find ethnicity and generational differences to be useful lenses for examining changing values and routines in childbirth. For example, Charlotte Borst's investigation of midwifery in Wisconsin highlights the significance of the parturient's ethnicity in the selection of birth attendant; her recognition of the importance of ethnic identification helps explain the shift from midwives to physicians. Similarly, Jacquelyn Litt's articles cogently demonstrate both cultural continuities and discontinuities over several generations of Jewish American women. 1 These authors are now joined by Angela Danzi with her close study of Jewish and Italian American women who birthed at home and in hospitals and clinics during the period between the World Wars
Childbirth · Diversity (politics) · Ethnic group · Judaism · Obstetrics · Pregnancy · Sociology · American History and Culture · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |