It takes the average reader 8 hours and 35 minutes to read Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
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This benchmark collection of cross-cultural essays on reproduction and childbirth extends and enriches the work of Brigitte Jordan, who helped generate and define the field of the anthropology of birth. The authors' focus on authoritative knowledge—the knowledge that counts, on the basis of which decisions are made and actions taken—highlights the vast differences between birthing systems that give authority of knowing to women and their communities and those that invest it in experts and machines. Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge offers first-hand ethnographic research conducted by...
Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd is 505 pages long, and a total of 128,775 words.
This makes it 170% the length of the average book. It also has 157% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 43 minutes to read Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge aloud.
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