Centering C-Section Narratives in Birth Discourse

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dc.contributorLuce, Jacquelyne
dc.contributorBabül, Elif
dc.contributor.advisorMorgan, Lynn
dc.contributor.authorDolan, Emma
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-03T13:51:50Z
dc.date.available2018-05-03T13:51:50Z
dc.date.gradyear2018en_US
dc.date.issued2018-05-03
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines narratives of C-section experiences to understand the personal perspective of a national conversation on medicalized birth. Birth statistics, child health, and reproductive rights, are often the focus of C-section studies. However, these approaches often exclude the perspectives of those experiencing the C-section. By centering narratives, we regain an understanding of what it means to experience a C-section in a system of medicalized birth. The analysis includes authoritative knowledge, self-education, and becoming a mother. Using narrative as an anthropological tool allows us to enlighten a topic that is so heavily studied through lenses of observation and data collection.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSociology & Anthropologyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/4627
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rights.restrictedpublicen_US
dc.subjectC-sectionen_US
dc.subjectnarrativeen_US
dc.subjectinterviewsen_US
dc.subjectauthoritative knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectmotherhooden_US
dc.subjectbirthen_US
dc.subjectmedical anthropologyen_US
dc.subjectanthropologyen_US
dc.titleCentering C-Section Narratives in Birth Discourseen_US
dc.typeThesis
mhc.degreeUndergraduateen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke College

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