Birth Work as Care Work: Stories from Activist Birth Communities

Title

Birth Work as Care Work: Stories from Activist Birth Communities

Author

Contributor

Loretta J. Ross
Victoria Law
Silvia Federici

Publisher

Date of Publication

5/2016

ISBN 13

9781629631516

About

Birth Work as Care Work presents a vibrant collection of stories and insights from the front lines of birth activist communities. The personal has once more become political, and birth workers, supporters, and doulas now find themselves at the fore of collective struggles for freedom and dignity.

The author, herself a scholar and birth justice organizer, provides a unique platform to explore the political dynamics of birth work, drawing connections between birth, reproductive labor, and the struggles of caregiving communities today. Articulating a politics of care work in and through the reproductive process, the book brings diverse voices into conversation to explore multiple possibilities and avenues for change.

At a moment when agency over our childbirth experiences is increasingly centralized in the hands of professional elites, Birth Work as Care Work presents creative new ways to reimagine the trajectory of our reproductive processes. Most importantly, the contributors present new ways of thinking about the entire life cycle, providing a unique and creative entry point into the essence of all human struggle—the struggle over the reproduction of life itself.

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“Birth Work as Care Work: Stories from Activist Birth Communities,” Artist Parent Index , accessed March 29, 2024, https://www.artistparentindex.com/items/show/645.

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