Birth as a Spiritual Initiation: Australian Women's Experiences of Transformation
In Western, industrialised culture, menstruation and birth are generally seen as medical concerns. Women learn to detach from their menstrual rhythms which become associated with shame, pathology and the profane. Obstetric medicine, which is widely accepted as the norm for our birth practices, does...
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AASR
[2009]
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Australian religion studies review
Year: 2009, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 190-213 |
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