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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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  1. Akrich, M., 1992, Shaping Technology/Building Society: Studies in Sociotechnical Change, 259
  2. Akrich, M., 1996, Comment la naissance vient aux femmes: les techniques de l’accouchement en France et aux Pays-Bas
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  4. Boullier, D., 1995, Techniques & Culture, 25, 19
  5. Heath, C., 1993, Soins et communication: approche interactionniste des relations de soins, 77
  6. Katz Rothman, B., 1982, In Labor: Women and Power in the Birthplace
  7. Kitzinger, S., 1988, The Midwife Challenge
  8. Latour, B., 1991, Technology, Power and the Modern World, 103
  9. Latour, B., 1992, Shaping Technology/Building Society: Studies in Sociotechnical Change, 225
  10. Pasveer, B., 1992, Shadows of Knowledge
  11. Treichler, P., 1990, Body/Politics, 113
  12. Van der Mark, 1993, Successful Homebirth and Midwifery: The Dutch Example

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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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