Birth on the threshold : childbirth and modernity in South India / / Cecilia Van Hollen |
Autore | Van Hollen Cecilia Coale |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 295 pages) : map |
Disciplina | 618.2/00954 |
Soggetto topico | Childbirth - India, South |
Soggetto non controllato |
biomedical
birth rate birth stories childbirth class system classism colonialism contemporary ethnographers ethnography feminism feminist gender studies gender global globalization home birth hospital birth india international lower class maternity medical technology midwifery midwives modern world national parenting postcolonial pregnancy south india tamil nadu technology |
ISBN |
1-282-76240-0
1-59734-499-0 9786612762406 0-520-93539-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The professionalization of obstetrics in colonial India: The problems of childbirth in colonial discourse -- Maternal and child health services in the postcolonial era -- Bangles of neem, bangles of gold: pregnant women as auspicious burdens -- Invoking vali: painful technologies of birth -- Moving targets: the routinization of IUD insertions in public maternity wards -- Baby friendly hospitals and bad mothers: maneuvering development during the postpartum period -- Conclusion: reproductive rights, choices, and resistance. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777396703321 |
Van Hollen Cecilia Coale
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Democratic eco-socialism as a real utopia : transitioning into an alternative world system / / Hans A. Baer |
Autore | Baer Hans A. <1944-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations, tables |
Disciplina | 335 |
Soggetto topico |
Socialism
Capitalism Democracy Social ecology |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropogenic
birth rate capitalism change of heart climate change compromise culture economic economics economy ecosocialism environmentalism global historical history human nature justice liberal life changing modern world political population growth population priorities progressive realistic research social equality socialism socioeconomic sustainability timely true story utopia world history |
ISBN | 1-78533-696-7 |
Classificazione | ME 3000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Contradictions of the Capitalist World System at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 2 Twentieth-Century Attempts to Create Socialism: Successes and Failures -- Chapter 3 Technoliberal and Countercultural Visions of the Future -- Chapter 4 Eff orts to Reconceptualize Socialism -- Chapter 5 The Role of Anti-systemic Movements in Creating a Socio-ecological Revolution -- Chapter 6 Transitional System-Challenging Reforms -- Chapter 7 Conclusion: The Future in the Balance -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795500003321 |
Baer Hans A. <1944->
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Democratic eco-socialism as a real utopia : transitioning into an alternative world system / / Hans A. Baer |
Autore | Baer Hans A. <1944-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations, tables |
Disciplina | 335 |
Soggetto topico |
Socialism
Capitalism Democracy Social ecology |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropogenic
birth rate capitalism change of heart climate change compromise culture economic economics economy ecosocialism environmentalism global historical history human nature justice liberal life changing modern world political population growth population priorities progressive realistic research social equality socialism socioeconomic sustainability timely true story utopia world history |
ISBN | 1-78533-696-7 |
Classificazione | ME 3000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Contradictions of the Capitalist World System at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 2 Twentieth-Century Attempts to Create Socialism: Successes and Failures -- Chapter 3 Technoliberal and Countercultural Visions of the Future -- Chapter 4 Eff orts to Reconceptualize Socialism -- Chapter 5 The Role of Anti-systemic Movements in Creating a Socio-ecological Revolution -- Chapter 6 Transitional System-Challenging Reforms -- Chapter 7 Conclusion: The Future in the Balance -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811882403321 |
Baer Hans A. <1944->
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New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2018 | ||
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