| From Home to Hospital: Jewish and Italian American Women and Childbirth, 1920-1940 Contributor(s): Danzi, Angela D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761809112 ISBN-13: 9780761809111 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $91.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies - History | United States - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 362.198 |
| LCCN: 97033580 |
| Physical Information: 244 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1920's - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Ethnic Orientation - Italian - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Employing seventy-eight in-depth interviews with Italian and Jewish American women, this study presents the subjective voices of women caught up in an important social change: the pre-1940 transformation of childbirth. Italian women were more varied in their choices--some were more likely to prefer home birth with a midwife, while others used a hospital clinic or private physician. A significant number moved from home to hospital over their birth careers, while nearly all Jewish women selected physician-assisted hospital birth. These differences are explained by looking at the structure and context of women's family and friendship networks and their personal links to varying childbirth caretakers. |
