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Maternities and Modernities - Colonial and Postcolonial Experiences in Asia and the Pacific (Hardcover, New)
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Maternities and Modernities - Colonial and Postcolonial Experiences in Asia and the Pacific (Hardcover, New)
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Feminist theories have often 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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