Physiological micropolitics. Oxytocin, anaesthesia, care and interventions in childbirth. Buenos Aires, Argentina

Based on interviews with professionals acting in institutional and home deliveries in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires and its peripheries, this article probes into the practice of some interventions and their relationship with “good care”, body intelligence and production/management of labouring wom...

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Autor: Greco, Lucrecia Raquel
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Anuário Antropológico (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/47879
Acesso em linha:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/anuarioantropologico/article/view/47879
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Partos
Antropología del cuerpo
Cuidados
Autonomía
partos
antropología del cuerpo
cuidados
autonomía
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Resumo:Based on interviews with professionals acting in institutional and home deliveries in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires and its peripheries, this article probes into the practice of some interventions and their relationship with “good care”, body intelligence and production/management of labouring women’s autonomies. It focuses specially on the action of endogenous and synthetic oxytocin and anaesthesia, understanding the ways in which the assistants’ choices and decisions shape and co-create care micropolitics, producing physiologies, temporalities and relationships.