Sheila Kitzinger

This author is a social anthropologist of birth, whose extensive international publications delve into the emotional journey of this major life experience. Discovering early in her career that social anthropology largely overlooked women's lives, she dedicated her research to uncovering what is essential in women's experiences, focusing on pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding. Her work is informed by a vast global network of mothers and midwives, gleaned from extensive lecturing across diverse cultures and contexts, including unique perspectives from incarcerated women and those who have faced traumatic birth experiences.