The Hands that (yet) Rock the Cradle: Unveiling the Social Construction of the Family Through the Contemporary Birthing Ritual

Despite all recent changes in families, and maybe because of them, the birth of a child remains an event of intense expectation, investment, and symbolic meaning. In this chapter, we offer a simultaneously new, innovative, and contemporary perspective on the social construction of the family through...

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Main Author: Costa, Rosalina (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Family rituals
Birth
Postnatal hospital visit
Liminal stage
Small talks
Social construction of reality
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/9899
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/9899

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http://hdl.handle.net/10174/9899

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