Exploring the power of the written word: On hospital birth and the production of birth narratives

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Autor(a) principal: Challinor, Elizabeth Pilar
Data de Publicação: 2018
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/57793
Resumo: The events surrounding the expectations and experiences of a hospitalised childbirth in Northern Portugal are presented as an auto-ethnography, written in 2004, in the format of a diary and commented upon with hindsight by the author. The original motivation for writing the diary was to re-gain a degree of power over the birth process which, even before going into labour, the author felt she had already lost in comparison to her previous experiences of homebirth abroad. The diary elucidates how notions of childbirth and maternity care circulate in the social imaginary, moulding women’s expectations. It also illustrates how maternity care in Northern Portugal in the decade 2000 was governed by the authoritative knowledge of biomedicine. Reflections in the diary on the potentially liberating role of auto-ethnography are re-examined in the article through a discussion of the research potential for promoting the writing of birth narratives.
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spelling Exploring the power of the written word: On hospital birth and the production of birth narrativesExplorando o poder da palavra escrita: parto hospitalar, conversas fiadas e a produção de narrativas de maternidadegravidezpartomedicalizaçãoautoridade do conhecimentoautoetnografiaAuthoritative knowledgeAuto-ethnographyChildbirthMedicalizationPregnancyCiências Sociais::Outras Ciências SociaisThe events surrounding the expectations and experiences of a hospitalised childbirth in Northern Portugal are presented as an auto-ethnography, written in 2004, in the format of a diary and commented upon with hindsight by the author. The original motivation for writing the diary was to re-gain a degree of power over the birth process which, even before going into labour, the author felt she had already lost in comparison to her previous experiences of homebirth abroad. The diary elucidates how notions of childbirth and maternity care circulate in the social imaginary, moulding women’s expectations. It also illustrates how maternity care in Northern Portugal in the decade 2000 was governed by the authoritative knowledge of biomedicine. Reflections in the diary on the potentially liberating role of auto-ethnography are re-examined in the article through a discussion of the research potential for promoting the writing of birth narratives.Os eventos que cercam as expectativas e experiências de um parto hospitalizado no Norte de Portugal são apresentados como uma autoetnografia, escrita em 2004, no formato de um diário e comentado em retrospetiva pela autora. A motivação original para escrever o diário era voltar a ganhar um grau de poder sobre o processo do nascimento que, mesmo antes de entrar em trabalho de parto, a autora sentiu que já havia perdido em comparação com as suas experiências anteriores de parto em casa no estrangeiro. O diário elucida como noções de parto e cuidados de maternidade circulam no imaginário social e moldam as expectativas das mulheres e ilustra como os cuidados de maternidade no Norte de Portugal na década 2000 foram governados pela autoridade do conhecimento da biomedicina. Reflexões no diário sobre o papel potencialmente libertador da autoetnografia são reexaminadas no artigo, através de uma discussão sobre o potencial da investigação para promover a escrita de narrativas do nascimento.(undefined)info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionCentro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA)Universidade do MinhoChallinor, Elizabeth Pilar20182018-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/57793engElizabeth Pilar Challinor, « Exploring the power of the written word: on hospital birth and the production of birth narratives », Etnográfica [Online], vol. 22 (3) | 2018, Online since 10 October 2018, connection on 12 October 2018. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/etnografica/6077; DOI: 10.4000/etnografica.60772182-289110.4000/etnografica.6077https://journals.openedition.org/etnografica/6077info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:20:40Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/57793Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:13:51.145664Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Exploring the power of the written word: On hospital birth and the production of birth narratives
Explorando o poder da palavra escrita: parto hospitalar, conversas fiadas e a produção de narrativas de maternidade
title Exploring the power of the written word: On hospital birth and the production of birth narratives
spellingShingle Exploring the power of the written word: On hospital birth and the production of birth narratives
Challinor, Elizabeth Pilar
gravidez
parto
medicalização
autoridade do conhecimento
autoetnografia
Authoritative knowledge
Auto-ethnography
Childbirth
Medicalization
Pregnancy
Ciências Sociais::Outras Ciências Sociais
title_short Exploring the power of the written word: On hospital birth and the production of birth narratives
title_full Exploring the power of the written word: On hospital birth and the production of birth narratives
title_fullStr Exploring the power of the written word: On hospital birth and the production of birth narratives
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the power of the written word: On hospital birth and the production of birth narratives
title_sort Exploring the power of the written word: On hospital birth and the production of birth narratives
author Challinor, Elizabeth Pilar
author_facet Challinor, Elizabeth Pilar
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Challinor, Elizabeth Pilar
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv gravidez
parto
medicalização
autoridade do conhecimento
autoetnografia
Authoritative knowledge
Auto-ethnography
Childbirth
Medicalization
Pregnancy
Ciências Sociais::Outras Ciências Sociais
topic gravidez
parto
medicalização
autoridade do conhecimento
autoetnografia
Authoritative knowledge
Auto-ethnography
Childbirth
Medicalization
Pregnancy
Ciências Sociais::Outras Ciências Sociais
description The events surrounding the expectations and experiences of a hospitalised childbirth in Northern Portugal are presented as an auto-ethnography, written in 2004, in the format of a diary and commented upon with hindsight by the author. The original motivation for writing the diary was to re-gain a degree of power over the birth process which, even before going into labour, the author felt she had already lost in comparison to her previous experiences of homebirth abroad. The diary elucidates how notions of childbirth and maternity care circulate in the social imaginary, moulding women’s expectations. It also illustrates how maternity care in Northern Portugal in the decade 2000 was governed by the authoritative knowledge of biomedicine. Reflections in the diary on the potentially liberating role of auto-ethnography are re-examined in the article through a discussion of the research potential for promoting the writing of birth narratives.
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