Biomédicalisation massive de l’accouchement au Cambodge après 150 ans de résistance

While the French protectorate tried unsuccessfully to medicalize childbirth in Cambodia through the creation of midwifery schools, the opening of maternity wards and financial incentives, global health policies strongly relayed in the early 2000s led to an extremely rapid biomedicalization of childb...

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Autor principal:	Clémence Schantz
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	Université de Provence 2021
Materias:	maternal health childbirth biomedicalization biotechnology Cambodia History of Asia DS1-937 Social Sciences H
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:797f2169780646afb60549126ed214fc2021-12-02T11:35:06ZBiomédicalisation massive de l’accouchement au Cambodge après 150 ans de résistance1620-32242262-836310.4000/moussons.8023https://doaj.org/article/797f2169780646afb60549126ed214fc2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/moussons/8023https://doaj.org/toc/1620-3224https://doaj.org/toc/2262-8363While the French protectorate tried unsuccessfully to medicalize childbirth in Cambodia through the creation of midwifery schools, the opening of maternity wards and financial incentives, global health policies strongly relayed in the early 2000s led to an extremely rapid biomedicalization of childbirth in Cambodia, causing an unprecedented medical and social disruption in the country. Based on a doctoral research conducted between 2013 and 2016 and mobilizing a mixed methodology (qualitative and quantitative), the article shows that today, the use of biotechnology is massive in the capital Phnom Penh. The practice of episiotomy is systematic, the use of perineorraphy (aimed at tightening women’s vagina) is frequent, and caesarean section rates are increasing rapidly, responding to a socially constructed demand. If this biomedicalization of childbirth has undeniably contributed to the recent and spectacular decrease in the maternal mortality rate in Cambodia, it also contributes to the shaping of women’s bodies and to the construction of a female body that meets social and conjugal norms.Clémence SchantzUniversité de Provencearticlematernal healthchildbirthbiomedicalizationbiotechnologyCambodiaHistory of AsiaDS1-937Social SciencesHENFRMoussons, Vol 38, Pp 85-110 (2021)
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description	While the French protectorate tried unsuccessfully to medicalize childbirth in Cambodia through the creation of midwifery schools, the opening of maternity wards and financial incentives, global health policies strongly relayed in the early 2000s led to an extremely rapid biomedicalization of childbirth in Cambodia, causing an unprecedented medical and social disruption in the country. Based on a doctoral research conducted between 2013 and 2016 and mobilizing a mixed methodology (qualitative and quantitative), the article shows that today, the use of biotechnology is massive in the capital Phnom Penh. The practice of episiotomy is systematic, the use of perineorraphy (aimed at tightening women’s vagina) is frequent, and caesarean section rates are increasing rapidly, responding to a socially constructed demand. If this biomedicalization of childbirth has undeniably contributed to the recent and spectacular decrease in the maternal mortality rate in Cambodia, it also contributes to the shaping of women’s bodies and to the construction of a female body that meets social and conjugal norms.
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title	Biomédicalisation massive de l’accouchement au Cambodge après 150 ans de résistance
title_short	Biomédicalisation massive de l’accouchement au Cambodge après 150 ans de résistance
title_full	Biomédicalisation massive de l’accouchement au Cambodge après 150 ans de résistance
title_fullStr	Biomédicalisation massive de l’accouchement au Cambodge après 150 ans de résistance
title_full_unstemmed	Biomédicalisation massive de l’accouchement au Cambodge après 150 ans de résistance
title_sort	biomédicalisation massive de l’accouchement au cambodge après 150 ans de résistance
publisher	Université de Provence
publishDate	2021
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Biomédicalisation massive de l’accouchement au Cambodge après 150 ans de résistance

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