ISBN:
0520223586
,
0520223594
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 295 S.
,
Kt.
Edition:
1. publ.
DDC:
618.200954
Keywords:
Geburt
;
Schwangerschaft
;
Tamil Nadu - Geburt
;
Tamil Nadu - Schwangerschaft
;
Tamil Nadu
;
Tamil Nadu
;
Geburt
;
Tamil Nadu
;
Schwangerschaft
Abstract:
Extrait de la couverture : "Even childbirth is affected by globalization - and in India, as elsewhere, the trends is away from home birhts assisted by midwives towards hospital births that increasingly rely on new technologies. and yet, as this work of critical feminist ethnography clearly demonstrates, as biomedical models of childbirth spread throughout the globe, they fuse with local practices to create distinctive forms of modern birth. Through vivid description and animyted dialogue, this book conveys the birth stories of the women of Tamil Nadu in their own voices. Cecilia Van Hollen uses these stories to explore larger questions about how the structures of colonialism and postcolonial international and national development have helped to shape the form and meaning of birth for Indian women today."
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-279) and index
