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标题：Practising Intimate Labour
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作者：Angela N. Castañeda ; Julie Johnson Searcy
期刊名称：Anthropology in Action
印刷版ISSN：0967-201X
电子版ISSN：1752-2285
出版年度：2021
卷号：28
期号：1
页码：21-24
DOI：10.3167/aia.2021.280104
摘要：Birth doulas provide non-medical intimate support to pregnant people and their families. This support starts at the very foundation of life – breath. Doulas remind, encourage and accompany people through labour by breathing with them. However, the global COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted doulas’ intimate work, and they are forced to navigate new restrictions surrounding birth practices. Based on data collected from a qualitative survey of over five-hundred doulas as well as subsequent follow-up interviews with select doulas, we find intimacy at births disrupted and reshaped. We suggest that an analysis of doulas provides a unique way to think through the complexities surrounding reproduction precisely due to doulas’ ability to navigate intimate labour between and across boundaries.
关键词：COVID-19; childbirth; doulas; intimate labour; labour support; reproduction