Colonial Modernities: Midwifery in Bengal, C.1860-1947

ISBN-13: 9781138221918 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 220 str.

Ambalika Guha

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Scientific Mothers and Healthy Infants: The Birth of a 'Modern-Scientific' Discourse in Bengal, 1860s–1900 2. The Art and Science of Midwifery: Institutionalisation of Midwifery and the Constitution of a Medical Discourse, 1860s–1930s 3. Maternal and Child Welfare: A Nationalist Concern in Late Colonial Bengal, 1900–1940s 4. The ‘Care-Givers’: Antenatal Care in Bengali Public Discourse and Practice 1860s–1940s 5. Conclusion. Afterword. Glossary. References

O autorze

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.