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  • The Blessingway : A Woman's Birth Ritual

    Creator:
    Biddle, Jeanette M.
    Abstract:
    This study examines participants' perceptions of the significant messages and meanings communicated to them through the ceremony of the Blessingway (a ritual titled after the Navajo Blessingway), a contemporary women's birth ritual performed by midwives. A narrative approach was used for data gathering based on Fisher's rationale that meaning emerges...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Blessing;Thtv. Womanic Rirth Abstract approved: _Redacted for Privacy ( Judith K. Bowker This study