Our Bodies, Our Babies by Kerreen Reiger - ISBN: 9780522849820
Paperback
A contribution to the history of Australian women and the family. This book traces the struggle of Australian women to change approaches to childbirth, to claim their right to choices in childbirth, and to educate themselves about birth and breastfeeding. It explores the movement which radically cha…

Our Bodies, Our Babies

The Forgotten Women's Movement

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    12 August 1997

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Summary

Our Bodies, Our Babies traces the struggle of women to change approaches to childbirth and to claim their right to choices in childbirth and breastfeeding.This is a wonderful book … read it and consider what has been won, and how much more needs to be won, in the childbirth revolution!Barbara Katz Rothman, City University of New YorkKerreen Reiger is absolutely right to see the childbirth movement as the forgotten women’s movement, and the great pleasure of this book is to find in every chapt…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522849820
ISBN-10:0522849822
Author:Kerreen Reiger
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Edition:1st
Release Date:12 August 1997
Weight:574g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm x 23mm
About The Author

Kerreen Reiger

Kerreen Reiger is both a mother and Senior Lecturer in Sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Her previous books are The Disenchantment of the Home- Modernizing the Australian Family and Family Economy.

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