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Birth on the threshold childbirth and modernity in South India / Cecilia Van Hollen.
| Author/creator | Van Hollen, Cecilia Coale |
| Other author | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press, |
| Description | xv, 295 p. : maps ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The professionalization of obstetrics in colonial India: the problem 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: insertions in public maternity wards -- "Baby friendly" hospitals and bad mothers: maneuvering development during the postpartum period -- Conclusion: reproductive rights, "choices", and resistance. |
| General note | Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D)--University of California, Berkeley, 1998; under the title: Birthing on the threshold. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-279) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2003003890 |
| ISBN | 9780520223585 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0520223586 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780520223592 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0520223594 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |