Jordemoder : poems of a midwife /
""A midwife is in the thick of it, she sees it all," Jennifer Worth, author of Call the Midwife. It is midwifing in its broadest sense-from releasing a newborn's stuck shoulders or catching a baby in the caul, to Socratic questioning around body autonomy, social justice and clima...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Duluth, Minnesota :
Holy Cow! Press,
2022.
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| Summary: | ""A midwife is in the thick of it, she sees it all," Jennifer Worth, author of Call the Midwife. It is midwifing in its broadest sense-from releasing a newborn's stuck shoulders or catching a baby in the caul, to Socratic questioning around body autonomy, social justice and climate sustainability. The poems are layered and bi-cultural, rooted in contrasts between America and Sweden, as well as between colonial/industrial and ecological/relational ways of caring for each other and the earth. With a sense of humor, love, art and aging, Jordemoder is a collection of midwifed hope"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 73 pages ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781737405115 1737405113 |