Sociology
New sociology findings from University of Central Lancashire published
Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 3rd, 2007
Data detailed in "A birth centre's encounters with discourses of childbirth: how resistance led to innovation" have been presented. "An ethnographic study of a free-standing birth centre uncovered a site of intense contestation. Two prominent childbirth discourses attempting to inscribe their orthodoxies on staff and women users encountered stern and persistent resistance," scientists in Preston, the United Kingdom report.
"Using postmodern theory, this resistance is conceptualised as nomadic activity, as space is made at the margins of discourse for a difference and diversity to manifest. The relationship between discourse and women's agency is layered and non-linear...
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