Van Hollen, Cecilia Coale. <br/><br/>
Birth on the threshold   childbirth and modernity in South India /   [electronic resource] : 
Cecilia Van Hollen. 
 - Berkeley :   University of California Press,   c2003. 
 - xv, 295 p. :   maps ;   23 cm. 
 - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-279) and index. 
<br/><br/>The professionalization of obstetrics in colonial India: the problem of childbirth in colonial discourse -- Maternal and child health servi ces in the postcolonial era -- Bangles of neem, bangles of gold: pregna nt women as auspicious burdens -- Invoking vali: painful technologies o f birth -- Moving targets: the routinization of IUD insertions in publi c maternity wards -- "Baby friendly" hospitals and bad mothers: maneuve ring development during the postpartum period -- Conclusion: reproducti ve rights, "choices", and resistance. 
<br/><br/><br/> Electronic text and image data. <br/> Ann Arbor, Mich. : <br/> University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, <br/> 2012. <br/> Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. <br/> ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) <br/> Mode of a ccess: Intranet. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Childbirth-- India, South.