Writing Childbirth : Women's Rhetorical Agency in Labor and Online.
Owens, Kim Hensley.
Writing Childbirth : Women's Rhetorical Agency in Labor and Online. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (226 pages) - Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms Series . - Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Writing Birth-Asserting Rhetorical Agency -- 1. UNDERSTANDiNG BiRTH: Commonplaces of Modern American Childbirth Advice -- 2. INVENTiNG BiRTH: Rhetorics of Control and Resistance -- 3. CONFRONTiNG BiRTH: Rhetorical Disability and Five Women's Birth Plans -- 4. HOSTiNG BiRTH: Birth and Birth Stories over Time and Online -- 5. SHARiNG BiRTH: Catharsis, Commentary, and Testimonial in Online Birth Stories -- EPiLOGUE: Experiencing Birth -- APPENDIX A: SURVEY RECRUITMENT EMAIL -- APPENDIX B: CHILDBIRTH WRITING SURVEY -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- Author Biography -- Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms -- Other Books in the Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms Series -- Back Cover.
9780809334063
Childbirth-United States-Psychological aspects.
Childbirth-United States-Computer network resources.
Patients' writings-United States-History and criticism.
Birth plans-United States.
Rhetoric-United States.
Internet in medicine-United States.
Communication in medicine-United States.
Communication in obstetrics-United States.
Electronic books.
RG652
618.2
Writing Childbirth : Women's Rhetorical Agency in Labor and Online. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (226 pages) - Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms Series . - Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Writing Birth-Asserting Rhetorical Agency -- 1. UNDERSTANDiNG BiRTH: Commonplaces of Modern American Childbirth Advice -- 2. INVENTiNG BiRTH: Rhetorics of Control and Resistance -- 3. CONFRONTiNG BiRTH: Rhetorical Disability and Five Women's Birth Plans -- 4. HOSTiNG BiRTH: Birth and Birth Stories over Time and Online -- 5. SHARiNG BiRTH: Catharsis, Commentary, and Testimonial in Online Birth Stories -- EPiLOGUE: Experiencing Birth -- APPENDIX A: SURVEY RECRUITMENT EMAIL -- APPENDIX B: CHILDBIRTH WRITING SURVEY -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- Author Biography -- Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms -- Other Books in the Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms Series -- Back Cover.
9780809334063
Childbirth-United States-Psychological aspects.
Childbirth-United States-Computer network resources.
Patients' writings-United States-History and criticism.
Birth plans-United States.
Rhetoric-United States.
Internet in medicine-United States.
Communication in medicine-United States.
Communication in obstetrics-United States.
Electronic books.
RG652
618.2