Maternities and Modernities : Colonial and Postcolonial Experiences in Asia and the Pacific

Name: Maternities and Modernities
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521584289
Price: 11000 KES
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ISBN: 9780521584289

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0521584280

ISBN-13 9780521584289

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 26th, 1998

Print length 320 Pages

Weight 63 grams

Dimensions 23.60 x 15.60 x 2.60 cms

Product Classification: Australasia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Atlantic Islands Sociology: family & relationships Sociology: family, kinship and relationships Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Social and cultural anthropology

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Feminist theories have focused on contemporary, Western, experiences of maternity. This volume aims to show that birthing and mothering can be a very different experience for women in other parts of the world. The contributors document a wide variety of conceptions of motherhood in Asia and the Pacific.

Feminist theories have focused on contemporary, Western, middle-class experiences of maternity. This volume brings other mothers, from Asia and the Pacific, into scholarly view, aiming to show that birthing and mothering can be a very different experience for women in other parts of the world. The contributors document a wide variety of conceptions of motherhood, and drawing on ethnographic and historical research, they explore the relationships between motherhood as embodied experience and the local discourses on maternity. They show how the experience of motherhood has been influenced by missionaries, by colonial policies and by the introduction of Western medicine and biomedical birthing methods, and raise important questions about the costs and benefits of becoming a modern mother in these societies.

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