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008 030213s2003 caub b 001 0 eng
010 _a2003003890
020 _a0520223586 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a0520223594 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050 0 0 _aRG530.3.I42
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100 1 _aVan Hollen, Cecilia Coale.
245 1 0 _aBirth on the threshold :
_bchildbirth and modernity in South India /
_cCecilia Van Hollen.
260 _aBerkeley :
_bUniversity of California Press,
_cc2003.
300 _axv, 295 p. :
_bmap ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-279) and index.
505 0 _aThe professionalization of obstetrics in colonial India: The problems 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 -- Baby friendly hospitals and bad mothers: maneuvering development during the postpartum period -- Conclusion: reproductive rights, choices, and resistance.
650 0 _aChildbirth
_zIndia, South.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy042/2003003890.html
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal052/2003003890.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/2003003890.html
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905 _aِِAmro L.
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905 _aEman
_eRev.
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