TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rozario,Santi
AU  - Samuel,Geoffrey
TI  - The daughters of Hariti: childbirth and female healers in South and Southeast Asia 
SN  - 0415277922
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Midwifery
KW  - Parturition
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Health behavior
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - India
KW  - Nepal
KW  - Bangladesh
KW  - Thailand
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Malaysia
N1  - Ch.1 Introduction: the daughters of Hariti today / Geoffrey Samuel 1 Pt. I South Asia -- Ch.2 'We know how to do these things': birth in a Newar village / Barbara Johnson -- Ch.3 Knowing all the gods: grandmothers, god families and women healers in Nepal / Linda Iltis  -- Ch.4 Contaminating states: midwifery, childbearing and the state in rural North India / Patricia Jeffery, Roger Jeffery, Andrew Lyon  -- Ch.5 Midwives among others: knowledges of healing and the politics of emotions in Rajasthan, Northwest India / Maya Unnithan-Kumar -- Ch.6 The healer on the margins: the dai in rural Bangladesh / Santi Rozario -- Ch. 7 Hawa, gola and mother-in-law's big toe: on understanding dais' imagery of the female body / Janet Chawla  -- Ch.8 'Baby-friendly' hospitals and bad mothers: manoeuvring development in the post-partum period in Tamil Nadu, South India / Cecilia Van Holden -- Ch.9 Tibetan and Indian ideas of birth pollution: similarities and contrasts / Santi Rozario, Geoffrey Samuel --  Pt. 2 Southeast Asia -- Ch.10 The demise of birth attendants in Northeast Thailand: embodying tradition in modern times / Andrea Whittaker  -- Ch.11 Beranak and bekindu': discourses of risk and strength in childbirth and post-partum practice among Iban communities of Pakan / Amanda Harris -- Ch.12 Of paraji and bidan: hierarchies of knowledge among Sundanese midwives / Lynda Newland  -- Ch.13 Embracing modernity: transformations in Sasak confinement practices / Cynthia L. Hunter
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