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Mother with Child

by Kathryn Allen Rabuzzi

Book Details

Publisher:Indiana University Press
Published:1994-02-22
Pages:192
Format:BOOK
Language:en

Reading Info

About This Book

“Rabuzzi rejects the status quo, presenting viable, often spiritual, alternatives to prevailing high-tech, patriarchal models of childbirth” (Booklist). Rabuzzi, author of The Sacred and the Feminine and Motherself, contends that childbearing has been denigrated, denied, and devalued. This book is intended to help women rename, re-ritualize, reinterpret, and reframe childbearing for themselves and their partners. “A lovely book. . . . It is a book for anyone wishing to reexamine and reclaim birt

Our Review

This thought-provoking work challenges conventional medical approaches to childbirth by offering spiritual alternatives that honor the feminine experience of pregnancy and delivery. Rabuzzi directly confronts how patriarchal systems have diminished the significance of childbearing, presenting readers with tools to reclaim this transformative process. The book serves as a guide for women seeking to reinterpret pregnancy through their own lens rather than through institutional frameworks.

What distinguishes this exploration is its practical approach to renaming and re-ritualizing the birth experience, making it valuable for both expectant mothers and their partners. Rabuzzi's background in feminine spirituality shines through as she provides concrete ways to reframe pregnancy as sacred rather than clinical. Readers questioning mainstream childbirth practices will find this an empowering resource that restores meaning to the journey of bringing new life into the world.

Themes

Family & Relationships

Subjects

Family & Relationships