Blessed Events
Subtitle: Religion and Home Birth in America.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: November 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780691087979
Subjects: Anthropology; Birth; Religious life & practice; Social Science; Religion - World Religions; Sociology; USA; Comparative Religion; Pregnancy & Childbirth; Sociology of Religion; Gender Studies; Religion; Social Science / Women's Studies; Women's Studies - General; Childbirth at home; Religion and culture; Religious aspects
First sentence: IN A CHILD'S blue wading pool decorated with dolphins and fish, Simone Taylor, a small woman with the strong body of a runner and short blonde hair, sat naked in about six inches of warm water, hands on her pregnant belly.