Birth on the Threshold: Childbirth and and Modernity in South India by Cecilia Van Hollen - 2003

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 Epilogue Appendix I. Sample Interview Questionnaires Appendix II. Official Structure of Maternal-Child Health Care Institutions and Practitioners in Tamil Nadu, 1995 Glossary Notes Bibliography Index Printed Pages: 312.