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Traditional Midwives: Cross-Cultural Perspectives is a pioneering work that delves deeply into the worlds of traditional midwives, shedding light on their practices, roles, and the immense cultural value they hold within their respective communities wherever they are still allowed to practice. This book not only champions the significance of traditional midwifery but also critiques the (often misguided) global and national initiatives that seek to move all childbirths into biomedical facilities, which, as the chapters in this book clearly show, are frequently under-equipped and under-staffed and provide substandard care that can often be obstetrically violent and abusive. The push to move all births into such facilities disregards the quality of care that traditional midwives provide and undermines the trust and rapport they have built within their respective communities. This global push is particularly detrimental to rural women because biomedical facilities are often located far away from such communities, thereby making access to maternity care difficult, if not impossible, especially for rural women, and because almost no biomedical practitioners are willing to live and practice in such remote areas, thereby leaving thousands of (especially rural) women without any maternity care provision.
Other critical points that this book addresses are the failures of the governmental efforts to train traditional midwives in higher-level skills. As the chapters in this book also clearly demonstrate, the essence of traditional midwifery lies in experiential learning, where skills are passed down through observation, practice, and mentoring.
By bringing to light the multiple challenges that are currently being faced by traditional midwives and the shortcomings of biomedical facilities, this book serves as a crucial reminder of the need for culturally safe and sensitive community-based maternity care that traditional midwives are fully able to provide. It is an essential read for policymakers, healthcare professionals, students, and for anyone who is interested in traditional midwives and their practices.
Contents
Introduction: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Traditional Midwives Robbie Davis-Floyd, Betty-Anne Daviss, and Inayat Ali 1. Authoritative Knowledge: A Trialogue on Ways of Doing, Teaching, and Learning About Birth Melissa Cheyney, Robbie Davis-Floyd, and Brigitte Jordan (posthumously) Part 1. Traditional Midwives In Mexico: In Homage To Brigitte Jordan, Founding Mother Of The Anthropologies Of Midwifery And Birth 2. Regulating Traditional Mexican Midwifery: Practices of Control, Strategies of Resistance Mounia El Kotni 3. Integrating Traditional Midwives into the State Healthcare System: A Critical Case Study from Chiapas, Mexico Margaret Buckner, Mariana Montaño, and Iris Vanegas 4. Community Power as the Source for Valuing and Validating Traditional Midwifery in Mexico Nancy Paola Chávez Arias 5. A Tale of Three Midwives: Inconsistent Policies and the Marginalization of Midwifery in Mexico Lydia Dixon, Mounia El Kotni, and Veronica Miranda 6. Two Traditional Midwives in Mexico: Re-Turning to the Essence of Traditional Midwifery Sabrina Speich Part 2. Traditional Midwives In Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Aotearoa New Zealand, Pakistan, Laos, Peru, Norway, Guatemala, And India 7. Traditional Midwives in Nigeria, the Importance of Their Work, How They Are Perceived by Biomedical Maternity Care Professionals and Mothers, and How Traditional Midwives Perceive Biomedical Maternity Care Practitioners Andrew Donatus Abue 8. The Roles of Traditional Midwives during Healthcare Crises in Kenya: Experiences from the Giriama Community in Coastal Kenya Stephen Okumu Ombere 9. Traditional Birth Escorts? Reexamining the Work and Needs of Traditional Midwives in Rural Tanzania Megan Cogburn 10. Indigenous Midwives and the Biomedical System among the Karamojong of Uganda: Introducing the Partnership Paradigm Sally Graham and Robbie Davis-Floyd 11. Cradling the Renaissance of Ngāi Tahu Customary Maternity Knowledge through Ancient Lullabies Kelly Tikao 12. Traditional Midwives and Home Births in Rural Sindh Province, Pakistan: Exploring Maternal Healthcare Practices and Preferences Salma Sadique, Inayat Ali, and Shahbaz Ali 13. Baloch Midwives in Pakistan Challenge the Haunting Expectations of Hospital Births Fouzieyha Towghi 14.When the Traditional Midwife Is a Man: Reimagining Traditional Midwifery in Laos and Globally Pascale Hancart Petitet 15. The Afterlife of Andean Parteras: The Provision of "Shadow Reproductive Care" and the Ironies of Expertise Rebecca Irons 16. Standing with Ancestral Authority in Guatemala: Comadronas' Tireless Historical Services Win Partial Redemption Luisa Araneda, Ingrid González, Betty-Anne Daviss, translation by Fernando Rodríguez 17. Sámi Midwifery in Times of Transition Ánne-Hedvig Salmi Nordsletta and Anna-Lill Drugge 18. Traces of the Traditional: The Emergence of Professional Midwifery Practices in Contemporary India Sreya Majumdar Conclusions Robbie Davis-Floyd, Betty-Anne Daviss, and Inayat Ali
