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Birthing Fathers [3.85.211.2] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 22:56 GMT) RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, AND LONDON Birthing Fathers The Transformation of Men in American Rites of Birth RICHARD K. REED LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Reed, Richard K., 1954– Birthing fathers : the transformation of men in American rites of birth / Richard K. Reed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8135-3516-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-8135-3517-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Childbirth—Social aspects—United States. 2. Birth customs—United States. 3. Labor (Obstetrics)—United States. 4. Natural childbirth—United States. 5. Fatherhood—United States. 6. Fathers—United States—Psychology. 7. Fathers— United States—Attitudes. 8. Men—United States—Attitudes. 9. Father and infant. I. Title. RG652.R44 2005 618.4—dc22 2004011740 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Copyright © 2005 by Richard K. Reed All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854–8099. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Manufactured in the United States of America [3.85.211.2] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 22:56 GMT) Dedicated to Anna and Austin ...