Lamaze: An International History (Oxford Studies in International History) Hardcover – March 20, 2014 Author: Paula A. Michaels | Language: English | ISBN:
0199738645 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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"Lamaze may be a household word in the United States but few if any of the many pregnant women who have used the technique know its surprising international history. Originating in the Soviet Union during the Cold War, subsequently enjoying a temporary popularity in France, the Lamaze method found an enduring home only in the United States. Paula Michaels explains why. In recognizing that medicine is far from a dispassionate science and that the political, economic, and cultural institutions within countries constantly shape and reshape medical practice, Michaels brings to life the fascinating history of a childbirth preparation method that transformed the attitudes of multiple generations of women toward giving birth." --Jacqueline H. Wolf, author of
Deliver Me from Pain: Anesthesia and Birth in America
"A compellingly written history of an enormously popular method of childbirth, this narrative takes readers from the city of Kharkov in the 1930s, to Paris in the 1950s, and finally to the United States up into the 1970s. How this method traveled across borders and even the Iron Curtain is remarkable and beautifully conveyed here. Perhaps even more extraordinary is the fact that a process promoted by Stalin and his supporters could come to symbolize American women's liberation in the 1970s. While a work of history of medicine, this is also clearly a transnational history, a social history, a political history, and an intellectual history." --Wendy Kline, author of Bodies of Knowledge: Sexuality, Reproduction, and Women's Health in the Second Wave
About the Author
Paula A. Michaels is Senior Lecturer of history and international studies at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia and is the author of Curative Powers: Medicine and Empire in Stalin's Central Asia.
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- Series: Oxford Studies in International History
- Hardcover: 264 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (March 20, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0199738645
- ISBN-13: 978-0199738649
- Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
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