Ambalika Guha

Colonial Modernities (eBook, ePUB)

Midwifery in Bengal, c.1860-1947

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Part of 'The Social History of Health and Medicine in South Asia' series, this book looks at the interactions between childbirth and midwifery practices and colonial modernities. Using eastern India as a case study and taking up related research from other areas, It provides historical analysis of how institutionalization of midwifery was shaped by the debates on women's question, nationalism and colonial public health policies, all intersecting with each other in the inter-war years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351668408
• Artikelnr.: 48859092

Autorenporträt

Ambalika Guha is an independent researcher based in Kolkata, India. She completed her education at Presidency College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, and Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She is also a member of the New Zealand Asia Society.