http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/childbirth Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:22:05 -0400 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:22:05 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/544/an-ethnography-of-water-birth-and-its-representations-on-youtube By T S - The purpose of this qualitative research study is to report semi-structured interview narratives from sixteen parents who had given birth immersed in water and posted their live birth videos on YouTube.com. This report introduces the concept of water birth as an alternative birth practice and discusses the contributions of anthropologists to the anthropology of birth. Anthropologists such as Mead, Sargent, Davis-Floyd, and Jordan call for the narratives women share related to their childbirth experiences, with specific attention paid to women who engage in childbirth activism and “reject... Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:34 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/544/an-ethnography-of-water-birth-and-its-representations-on-youtube