Birth on the Threshold: Childbirth and Modernity in South India

Birth on the Threshold: Childbirth and Modernity in South India

by Cecilia Van Hollen (Author)

Synopsis

Focusing on the birth experiences of lower-class women in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, this title reveals the complex ways in which modernity emerges in local contexts. Through vivid description and animated dialogue, it conveys the birth stories of the women of Tamil Nadu in their own voices.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 312
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 16 Oct 2003

ISBN 10: 0520223594
ISBN 13: 9780520223592