Birthing a Movement - by Renée Ann Cramer (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"This is the first ethnography of American midwives and their clients and advocates. The culmination of more than a decade of participant-observation, interviews, and archival research, this project specifically interrogates the potential and pitfalls of legal and political campaigns for reproductive autonomy"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Rich, personal stories shed light on midwives at the frontier of women's reproductive rights.</b></p> <p>Midwives in the United States live and work in a complex regulatory environment that is a direct result of state and medical intervention into women's reproductive capacity. In <i>Birthing a Movement</i>, Renée Ann Cramer draws on over a decade of ethnographic and archival research to examine the interactions of law, politics, and activism surrounding midwifery care. </p> <p>Framed by gripping narratives from midwives across the country, she parses out the often-paradoxical priorities with which they must engage--seeking formal professionalization, advocating for reproductive justice, and resisting state-centered approaches. Currently, professional midwives are legal and regulated in their practice in 32 states and illegal in eight, where their practice could bring felony convictions and penalties that include imprisonment. In the remaining ten states, Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) are unregulated, but nominally legal. By studying states where CPMs have differing legal statuses, Cramer makes the case that midwives and their clients engage in various forms of mobilization--at times simultaneous, and at times inconsistent--to facilitate access to care, autonomy in childbirth, and the articulation of women's authority in reproduction. This book brings together literatures not frequently in conversation with one another, on regulation, mobilization, health policy, and gender, offering a multifaceted view of the experiences and politics of American midwifery, and promising rich insights to a wide array of scholars, activists, healthcare professionals alike. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A beautifully written narrative weaving together passionate, sometimes harrowing stories from midwives, activists, and mothers. This book is a significant legal intervention and a brave, innovative, and sophisticated exploration.--Eve Darian-Smith "University of California, Irvine"<br><br>Engaging and compassionate. A must-read for every social movements scholar, it is written so as to be accessible and relevant to the undergraduate reader as well. <i>Birthing a Movement</i> is a book that I plan to cite and assign for years to come.--Sarah Hampson "University of Washington"<br><br>Integrating an impressive array of qualitative data, rich personal stories, sophisticated theoretical analysis, exquisite writing, and a compassionate authorial voice, this splendid book is a great read and a major addition to the sociolegal scholarship on law and social movements.--Michael McCann "University of Washington"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Renée Ann Cramer</b> is Chair and Professor of Law, Politics, and Society, and the Herb and Karen Baum Chair of Ethics in the Professions at Drake University. She is the author of <i>Cash, Color, and Colonialism</i> (2005) and <i>Pregnant with the Stars</i> (Stanford, 2015).
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