Birth on the Threshold Childbirth and Modernity in South India by Cecilia Coale Van Hollen ISBN 13: 9788186706725

Zubaan, 2003-12-15. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Hardback. As New. Looks at governance as political process. This book deals with how women in Southern Africa and South Asia can stake their claim to participation in governance.

Hardback. New. Looks at governance as political process. This book deals with how women in Southern Africa and South Asia can stake their claim to participation in governance.

Zubaan Books, 2005. Paperback. New. 295 pages. 8.90x5.98x0.55 inches.

Hardback. New. Looks at governance as political process. This book deals with how women in Southern Africa and South Asia can stake their claim to participation in governance.

Zubaan Books, 2005-12-15. Hardcover. New. 1.3989 cent in x 22.5828 cent in x 15.1885 cent in.

Hardcover. New

Zubaan, 2003. Hardcover. New.

Zubaan, 2003. Hardcover. New. Birth on the Threshold: Childbirth and Modernity in South India Cecilia Van Hollen Academic

Zubaan, 2003. Hardcover. New.

Zubaan, 2003. Hardcover. New.

Cambridge University Press/ Zubaan Publications, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. New. Even childbirth is afected by globalization---and in India, as elsewhere, the trend is away from home births assisted by midwives towards hospital births that increasingly rely on new technologies. Contents Maps appear on pages 17 and 30 Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Prologue: Birth on the Threshold Introduction: Childbirth and Modernity in Tamil Nadu 1. The Professionalization of Obstetrics in Colonial India: The “Problem” of Childbirth in Colonial Discourse 2. Maternal and Child Health Services in the Postcolonial Era 3. Bangles of Neem, Bangles of Gold: Pregnant Women as Auspicious Burdens 4. Invoking Vali: Painful Technologies of Birth 5. Moving Targets: The Routinization of IUD Insertions in Public Maternity Wards 6. “Baby Friendly” Hospitals and Bad Mothers: Maneuvering Development during the Postpartum Period… Read More

New Delhi, India: Zubaan, 2003 Printed Pages: 310 with a map.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 16 x 24 Cm.

Cambridge University Press/ Zubaan Publications, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. New. Even childbirth is afected by globalization---and in India, as elsewhere, the trend is away from home births assisted by midwives towards hospital births that increasingly rely on new technologies. Contents Maps appear on pages 17 and 30 Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Prologue: Birth on the Threshold Introduction: Childbirth and Modernity in Tamil Nadu 1. The Professionalization of Obstetrics in Colonial India: The “Problem” of Childbirth in Colonial Discourse 2. Maternal and Child Health Services in the Postcolonial Era 3. Bangles of Neem, Bangles of Gold: Pregnant Women as Auspicious Burdens 4. Invoking Vali: Painful Technologies of Birth 5. Moving Targets: The Routinization of IUD Insertions in Public Maternity Wards 6. “Baby Friendly” Hospitals and Bad Mothers: Maneuvering Development during the Postpartum Period… Read More

Cambridge University Press/ Zubaan Publications, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. New. Even childbirth is afected by globalization---and in India, as elsewhere, the trend is away from home births assisted by midwives towards hospital births that increasingly rely on new technologies. Contents Maps appear on pages 17 and 30 Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Prologue: Birth on the Threshold Introduction: Childbirth and Modernity in Tamil Nadu 1. The Professionalization of Obstetrics in Colonial India: The “Problem” of Childbirth in Colonial Discourse 2. Maternal and Child Health Services in the Postcolonial Era 3. Bangles of Neem, Bangles of Gold: Pregnant Women as Auspicious Burdens 4. Invoking Vali: Painful Technologies of Birth 5. Moving Targets: The Routinization of IUD Insertions in Public Maternity Wards 6. “Baby Friendly” Hospitals and Bad Mothers: Maneuvering Development during the Postpartum Period Conclusion: Reproductive Rights, “Choices,” And Resistance… Read More