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Birth as an American Rite of Passage: Conversations with Robbie Davis-Floyd

Robbie Davis-Floyd has been an influential scholar in medical, ritual, and gender studies and the anthropology of reproduction. Her current research examines the global trends and transformations in midwifery, primarily in the United States and Mexico. She is the FLora Stone Mather Visiting Professor/Scholar-in-Residence in the Department of Anthropology at Case Western University. Please also see Robbie Davis-Floyd's web page at: www.davis-floyd.com.

Saturday, October 18, 2003
Panel Discussion: Birth as a Work and Family Issue
9:30 am
Michigan Room, Michigan League

Please join panelists in a thoughtful discussion on birth that incorporates a variety or perspectives, including medicine, midwifery, business, and law.

Sunday, October 19, 2003
Public Lecture and Reception
7:00 pm
Ballroom, Michigan League

Robbie Davis-Floyd reflects on the continuities and changes in birth practices that have marked the decade since the publication of her groundbreaking 1992 book, "Birth as an American Rite of Passage".

Both events free and open to the public

For more information, please contact:
Sallie Han (sshan@umich.edu)
or Cecilia Tomori (ctomori@umich.edu).
Or call the Center for the Ethnography of Everyday Life at (734) 763-1500.

Sponsored by:

Center for the Ethnography of Everyday Life, an Alfred P. Sloan Center for the Study of Working Families
Center for the Education of Women
Department of Anthropology
Department of History
Department of Sociology
The Institute for the Humanities
The Institute for Research on Women and Gender
Program in Society and Medicine
Program in Women's Studies
Science, Technology, and Society Program
Women's Health Program and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Health System
Michigan Midwives Association