A companion to the anthropology of reproductive medicine and technology /

"The history of obstetrics is also a history of power. As the field of obstetrics became more professionalized, specialized, and masculinized in the 19th century, midwifery was racialized and excised in the United States and denigrated abroad by early development efforts. Childbirth shifted int...

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Other Authors: Van Hollen, Cecilia Coale (Editor), Appleton, Nayantara S., 1980- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2024]
Series:Wiley Blackwell companions to anthropology.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"The history of obstetrics is also a history of power. As the field of obstetrics became more professionalized, specialized, and masculinized in the 19th century, midwifery was racialized and excised in the United States and denigrated abroad by early development efforts. Childbirth shifted into the hospital where obstetricians continue to develop medical and technological models of perinatal care"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 529 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781119845379
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