Birth on the threshold [electronic resource] : childbirth and modernity in South India / Cecilia Van Hollen.
By: Van Hollen, Cecilia Coale.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc
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Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003Description: xv, 295 p. : map ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Childbirth -- India, SouthGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 618.2/00954 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 618.2 Obstetric evidence based guidelines | 618.2 Rapid midwifery / | 618.2/009 The court midwife | 618.2/00954 Birth on the threshold | 618.2/0233/09492 A pleasing birth | 618.2/07543 Obstetric ultrasound | 618.2/4 Nutrition during pregnancy and lactation |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-279) and index.
The professionalization of obstetrics in colonial India: The problems of childbirth in colonial discourse -- Maternal and child health services in the postcolonial era -- Bangles of neem, bangles of gold: pregnant women as auspicious burdens -- Invoking vali: painful technologies of birth -- Moving targets: the routinization of IUD insertions in public maternity wards -- Baby friendly hospitals and bad mothers: maneuvering development during the postpartum period -- Conclusion: reproductive rights, choices, and resistance.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.