{"product_id":"colonial-modernities-paperback-softback","title":"Colonial Modernities - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe subject of medicalisation of childbirth in colonial India has so far been identified with three major themes: the attempt to reform or ‘sanitise’ the site of birthing practices, establishing lying-in hospitals and replacing traditional birth attendants with trained midwives and qualified female doctors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, part of the series \u003ci\u003eThe Social History of Health and Medicine in South Asia\u003c\/i\u003e, looks at the interactions between childbirth and\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003emidwifery practices and colonial modernities. Taking eastern India as\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea case study and related research from other areas, with hard empirical\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edata from local government bodies, municipal corporations and\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edistrict boards, it goes beyond the conventional narrative to show\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehow the late nineteenth-century initiatives to reform birthing practices\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewere essentially a modernist response of the western-educated\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecolonised middle class to the colonial critique of Indian sociocultural\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecodes. It provides a perceptive historical analysis of how institutionalisation\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eof midwifery was shaped by the debates on the women’s question,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003enationalism and colonial public health policies, all intersecting in\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe interwar years. The study traces the beginning of medicalisation\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eof childbirth, the professionalisation of obstetrics, the agency of male\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edoctors, inclusion of midwifery as an academic subject in medical colleges\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand consequences of maternal care and infant welfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will greatly interest scholars and researchers in history, social medicine, public policy, gender studies and South Asian studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45600542392558,"sku":"9780367736064","price":67.19,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780367736064.jpg?v=1721473052","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/colonial-modernities-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}