Obstructed labour : race and gender in the re-emergence of midwifery /

Obstructed labour : race and gender in the re-emergence of midwifery /

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Author / Creator:Nestel, Sheryl, 1950-
Imprint:Vancouver : UBC Press, c2006.
Description:vii, 200 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Midwives -- Ontario -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Midwifery -- Social aspects -- Ontario.
Race discrimination -- Ontario.
Minority women -- Employment -- Ontario.
Midwifery -- Social aspects.
Minority women -- Employment.
Race discrimination.
Ontario.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6120026
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ISBN:0774812192 (bound)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-195) and index.
Standard no.:9780774812191
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a new profession to the white population in Canada
  • 1. Technologies of exclusion
  • 2. Midwifery in Ontario : a counter-history
  • 3. Midwifery tourism
  • 4. "Ambassadors of the profession" : the construction of respectable midwifery
  • 5. Narratives of exclusion and resistance of women of colour
  • Conclusion : the construction of unequal subjects.
Gift of the Jean F. Block Book Fund bookplate
The John Crerar Library bookplate

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