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She Said, She Said: Interruptive Narratives of Pregnancy and Childbirth

Sie sagte, sie sagte: unterbrochene Narrative von Schwangerschaft und Geburt
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Happel-Parkins, Alison
Azim, Katharina A.

Abstract

In this article, we explore narrative inquiry data we collected with women who attempted to have a natural, drug-free childbirth for the birth of their first child. The data presented come from semi-structured life story interviews with six women who live in a metropolitan city in the mid-southern U... view more

In this article, we explore narrative inquiry data we collected with women who attempted to have a natural, drug-free childbirth for the birth of their first child. The data presented come from semi-structured life story interviews with six women who live in a metropolitan city in the mid-southern United States. Using creative analytic practice (CAP), the women's experiences are presented as a composite poem. The (re)presentation of the women's narratives in the poem emphasizes the tensions between what women desired and planned for in contrast to what they actually experienced during pregnancy and birth. The poem illustrates the politics of agency, the ways in which consent is bypassed or assumed in some medical institutions in the United States, and the resilience of the women.... view less


In diesem Beitrag zeigen wir die Nutzung von Narrationsanalysen für teilstrukturierte Interviews, die wir mit insgesamt sechs Frauen geführt haben, die in Großstädten im Süden der USA leben und sich für eine "natürliche" Geburt ihres ersten Kindes entschieden hatten. Mittels der Creative Analytic Pr... view more

In diesem Beitrag zeigen wir die Nutzung von Narrationsanalysen für teilstrukturierte Interviews, die wir mit insgesamt sechs Frauen geführt haben, die in Großstädten im Süden der USA leben und sich für eine "natürliche" Geburt ihres ersten Kindes entschieden hatten. Mittels der Creative Analytic Practice präsentieren wir die Erfahrungen der Frauen in Gedichtform, um die Spannung nachvollziehbar zu machen zwischen den Wünschen der Frauen einerseits und ihren tatsächlichen Schwangerschafts- und Geburtserfahrungen andererseits. Das Gedicht verdeutlicht Behördenpolitiken, Wege, wie Konsens in einigen amerikanischen Gesundheitsinstitutionen umgelenkt oder konstruiert wird und auch die Resilienz der befragten Frauen.... view less

Keywords
woman; pregnancy; birth; medicalization; experience; narration; health policy; United States of America

Classification
Medicine, Social Medicine
Research Design

Free Keywords
Behörden; Creative Analytic Practice; Einverständniserklärung; Gedicht; Narrationsanalyse; agency; composite poem; creative analytic practice; informed consent; narrative inquiry; natural childbirth; natürliche Geburt

Document language
English

Publication Year
2017

Page/Pages
24 p.

Journal
Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 18 (2017) 2

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-18.2.2718

ISSN
1438-5627

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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