Giving birth in Volos, Greece
Medicalisation, Ritual and Emerging Alternatives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3157985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Myrto Chronaki (0009-0004-5619-4753, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 909-930 |
| Publication date | 2015-11-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14649365.2015.1040058 |
| OpenAlex | W1781021594 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
The paper examines the relationship of space with obstetric practices and its role in the medicalisation of childbirth in a case study of the two maternity clinics of a provincial town in Greece. Typical birth care procedures in Volos were observed to act as rituals to define childbirth as a medical crisis and to transmit the message of superiority and necessity of medicine and technology in childbirth. The arrangements and uses of birth spaces made possible the application of the technomedical model with its high rate of obstetric interventions, while they supported and solidified its symbolic meanings. However, in the current economic and social crisis, these established practices are being challenged and alternative paradigms of birth care are being formed. Their interaction with existing spaces in maternity clinics and at home and the changes they required or caused are offering possibilities for new conceptualisations of birth, birth care and women's transition to maternity
Childbirth · Health care · Home birth · Maternity care · Medical care · Political science · Pregnancy · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Gender Studies · Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Medicine · Nursing
In labor
The Social Logic of Space
Culture and Communication
The Rites of Passage
The technocratic, humanistic, and holistic paradigms of childbirth
Birth in four cultures
Of Woman Born
Prenatal Care Use Among Women of Low Income
Discrimination by design
Domesticating Birth in the Hospital
Bodies of Knowledge
The production of space
Lying-in
Homebirth as Systems-Challenging Praxis
Choosing Cesarean
Birth places
Thirdspace
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |