The Socio-Cultural Effects of Banning Traditional Midwives from Attending Homebirth in Romania
Starting from 1960 traditional birth attendants were forbidden to deliver in Romania and pregnant women found themselves forced to give birth in hospitals. The highly respected village figure became a cultural phenomenon that made her more of a legend character. A village from Galaţi County experien...
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| description | Starting from 1960 traditional birth attendants were forbidden to deliver in Romania and pregnant women found themselves forced to give birth in hospitals. The highly respected village figure became a cultural phenomenon that made her more of a legend character. A village from Galaţi County experienced an uncanny event that activated the cultural information on midwives, as a continuation of the stories of her qualities. In hospitals, however, rituals are maintained under the intention of purifying nurses from unclean birth, while granny-midwife became a role, a character usually played by the mother of the woman in parturition. Customs evolve against the loss of this important social persona and we face an artificial scenario. We are now able to witness the last social effects of banning homebirth. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fd84bf1f2d3f4e61b8b9927bc0e4df1a2025-02-02T06:19:20ZengSciendoJournal of Ethnology and Folkloristics1736-65182228-09872012-03-0152819071The Socio-Cultural Effects of Banning Traditional Midwives from Attending Homebirth in RomaniaAdina Hulubas0Romanian Academy, Iasi BranchStarting from 1960 traditional birth attendants were forbidden to deliver in Romania and pregnant women found themselves forced to give birth in hospitals. The highly respected village figure became a cultural phenomenon that made her more of a legend character. A village from Galaţi County experienced an uncanny event that activated the cultural information on midwives, as a continuation of the stories of her qualities. In hospitals, however, rituals are maintained under the intention of purifying nurses from unclean birth, while granny-midwife became a role, a character usually played by the mother of the woman in parturition. Customs evolve against the loss of this important social persona and we face an artificial scenario. We are now able to witness the last social effects of banning homebirth.https://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/75midwifechildbirth beliefsconfined womenRomania |
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| title | The Socio-Cultural Effects of Banning Traditional Midwives from Attending Homebirth in Romania |
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