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Birth on the threshold : childbirth and modernity in South India /
Arguing that the global spread of biomedical models of childbirth has not brought forth one monolithic form of "modern birth", this text focuses on the birth experiences of lower-class women in Southern India and reveals the complex ways in which modernity emerges in local contexts
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2003.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Arguing that the global spread of biomedical models of childbirth has not brought forth one monolithic form of "modern birth", this text focuses on the birth experiences of lower-class women in Southern India and reveals the complex ways in which modernity emerges in local contexts |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 295 pages) : map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520935396 052093539X 1282762400 9781282762404 1597344990 9781597344999 9786612762406 6612762403 |