Episode 106 – Pregnancy, Birth, and Doulas with Andrea Ford

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Andrea Ford discusses her book, Near Birth: Contested Values and the work of Doulas, in which she discusses how pregnancy, birthing, and infant care offer a microcosm of cultural debates. Ford examines how people’s birthing decisions and experiences relate to and construct the American ideal of the individual and family in various ways and forms. […]

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