Obstructed Labour
Download or Read eBook Obstructed Labour PDF written by Sheryl Nestel and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Sheryl Nestel |
| Publisher | : UBC Press |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2011-11-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780774840729 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0774840722 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Obstructed Labour by : Sheryl Nestel
Book excerpt: Obstructed Labour analyzes how the movement to legalize midwifery in Ontario reproduced racial inequality by excluding from practice hundreds of professional midwives from the global south. Global macroprocesses of power, institutional forms of exclusion, and interpersonal expressions of racism all play a part. Sheryl Nestel shows that unequal relations between women underlie the successful challenge to patriarchal medical authority mounted by provincial midwifery activists. This is a disquieting but fascinating counter-history of the re-emergence of midwifery.
