Childbirth in Santiago de Chile: Stratification, Intervention, and Child Centeredness

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dc.contributor.authorMurray, Marjorie
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T12:37:59Z
dc.date.available2024-01-10T12:37:59Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractOn the basis of ethnographic work with women from different economic and educational backgrounds in Santiago, I describe the experiences of labor and birth from the point of view of women's priorities, socioeconomic constraints, and relationships with the medical system. I specifically focus on their desires expressed during the late prenatal period and their narratives of the actual birth. Class and the differences in opportunities resulting from educational and class inequalities melt down into near invisibility as vulnerability rises and women become increasingly subjected to medical decision making. The long-standing Chilean focus on child centeredness, while shown to benefit bonding, can work to obliterate women's own desires and choices by encouraging them to "sacrifice their all" for the sake of the baby. This kind of sacrifice defines the meaning of the maternal body in Chile. I suggest further analysis of these factors is essential for an understanding of the hypermedicalized Chilean context.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-05-03
dc.format.extent19 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1548-1387.2012.01221.x
dc.identifier.eissn1548-1387
dc.identifier.issn0745-5194
dc.identifier.pubmedidMEDLINE:23259346
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1387.2012.01221.x
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/76963
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000310238900001
dc.information.autorucSociología;Murray M;S/I;12495
dc.issue.numero3
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoSin adjunto
dc.pagina.final337
dc.pagina.inicio319
dc.publisherWILEY
dc.revistaMEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY QUARTERLY
dc.rightsregistro bibliográfico
dc.subjectChile
dc.subjectchildbirth
dc.subjectmedicalization
dc.subjectmotherhood
dc.subjectCESAREAN-SECTION
dc.subjectSOCIAL-CLASS
dc.subjectHEALTH
dc.subjectLABOR
dc.subjectHUMANIZATION
dc.subjectTRENDS
dc.subjectWOMEN
dc.subjectWANT
dc.subject.ods05 Gender Equality
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa05 Igualdad de género
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titleChildbirth in Santiago de Chile: Stratification, Intervention, and Child Centeredness
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen26
sipa.codpersvinculados12495
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadCarga SIPA;09-01-2024
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