Reclaiming A Sacred Domain: An Ethnographic Study of Mormon Women Overcoming the Media-Supported Message of Acceptable Birth Practice Through Giving Birth at Home
This study ethnographically explores the experiences of 30 American Mormon women who chose to give birth at home, a practice which differs from the culturally expected birth practice supported by most media birth scenes. The dominant birth practice among American Mormon women aligns with the biomedi...
Main Author: | Witt, Celeste Elain |
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Format: | Others |
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BYU ScholarsArchive
2000
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Online Access: | https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5223 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6222&context=etd |
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