Embodiment and Disembodiment in Childbirth Narratives

Akrich, Madeleine; Pasveer, Bernike

doi:10.1177/1357034x04042935

Cited by 119Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesMaternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsQualitative research in health

Embodiment and Disembodiment in Childbirth Narratives

Akrich, Madeleine, Pasveer, Bernike·2004·Body & Society

DOI 10.1177/1357034x04042935

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In this article, our concern is to describe how body(ies) and self are performed in women’s birth narratives through the mediation of a number of significant elements, including technical devices. We will show how, in these narratives, (1) action is distributed among a series of actants, including professionals and technology; (2) that dichotomies appear which cannot be reduced to one of body/mind, but are more adequately described in terms of ‘body-in-labour’/’embodied self’, each of them being locally performed through the mediation of medical practices, knowledge and technologies, the definition of these elements and of their relations being specific to each obstetrical configuration; (3) that part of professionals’ activities is devoted to the detailed management of the articulation between the body-in-labour and the embodied self, and to monitoring their joint transformations.

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Authors: Akrich, M., & Pasveer, B.
Affiliations: Centre de sociologie de l'innovation (FR)
Maastricht University (NL)
ORCID: Akrich, Madeleine
Venue: Body & Society
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2004-06
Volume: 10
Issue: 2-3
Pages: 63-84
ISSN: 1357-034X (ISSN-L)
1460-3632
DOI: 10.1177/1357034x04042935
OpenAlex: W2039262531
Cited by: 119
References: 27
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 2
FWCI: 56.24
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Body & Society (publishedVersion)
Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion)
Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative research in health
Keywords: childbirth narratives, embodiment, disembodiment, women's experiences of childbirth, embodied self, actants, medical technology, obstetric practice, mind-body dichotomy, professional mediation

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