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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

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Van Hollen, Cecilia Coale (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo

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