Add to ORKGRecent years have seen many changes in human reproduction resulting from state and medical interventions in childbearing processes. Based on empirical work in a variety of societies and countries, this volume considers the relationship between reproductive processes (of fertility, pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period) on the one hand and attitudes, medical technologies and state health policies in diverse cultural contexts on the other
This chapter examines rural midwifery as a form of knowledge that is undervalued by both Indian and ...
The burden of maternal and child mortality and morbidity occurs largely in resource-poor settings, w...
Cross-border reproductive care has been thrust under the international spotlight by a series of rece...
Hospital births were introduced to India during the colonial period but became a popular option duri...
Set in the context of the processes and practices of human reproduction and reproductive health in N...
Based on extensive fieldwork in Calcutta, this book provides the first ethnography of how middle-cla...
Hospital births were introduced to India during the colonial period but became a popular option duri...
Institutional births in India, including the north eastern state of Assam, have increased steeply in...
Globally, India contributes the largest share in sheer numbers to the burden of maternal and infant ...
Based on extensive fieldwork in Calcutta, this book provides the first ethnography of how middle-cla...
This chapter contributes to a sociological understanding of women's childbirth discourses. We will s...
Even childbirth is affected by globalization - and in India, as elsewhere, the trend is away from ho...
This book analyses the significant socio-cultural factors impacting childbirth experiences of women ...
The process of modernisation is witnessed all around the world. Modernity has impacted every aspect ...
Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295748856Beginning in the late nineteenth century, India played...
This chapter examines rural midwifery as a form of knowledge that is undervalued by both Indian and ...
The burden of maternal and child mortality and morbidity occurs largely in resource-poor settings, w...
Cross-border reproductive care has been thrust under the international spotlight by a series of rece...
Hospital births were introduced to India during the colonial period but became a popular option duri...
Set in the context of the processes and practices of human reproduction and reproductive health in N...
Based on extensive fieldwork in Calcutta, this book provides the first ethnography of how middle-cla...
Hospital births were introduced to India during the colonial period but became a popular option duri...
Institutional births in India, including the north eastern state of Assam, have increased steeply in...
Globally, India contributes the largest share in sheer numbers to the burden of maternal and infant ...
Based on extensive fieldwork in Calcutta, this book provides the first ethnography of how middle-cla...
This chapter contributes to a sociological understanding of women's childbirth discourses. We will s...
Even childbirth is affected by globalization - and in India, as elsewhere, the trend is away from ho...
This book analyses the significant socio-cultural factors impacting childbirth experiences of women ...
The process of modernisation is witnessed all around the world. Modernity has impacted every aspect ...
Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295748856Beginning in the late nineteenth century, India played...
This chapter examines rural midwifery as a form of knowledge that is undervalued by both Indian and ...
The burden of maternal and child mortality and morbidity occurs largely in resource-poor settings, w...
Cross-border reproductive care has been thrust under the international spotlight by a series of rece...