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Birth control holds an unusual place in the history of medicine.
Largely devoid of doctors or hospitals, only relatively recently
have birth control histories included tales of laboratory-based
therapeutic innovation. Instead, these histories elucidate the
peculiar slippages between individual bodies and a body politic
occasioned by the promotion of techniques to manipulate human
reproduction. The history of birth control in India brings these as
well as additional complications to the field. Contrary to popular
belief, India has one of the most long-lasting, institutionalized,
far-reaching, state sponsored family planning programs in the
world. During the inter-war period the country witnessed the
formation of groups dedicated to promoting the cause of birth
control. This book outlines the early history of birth control in
India, particularly the Tamil south. In so doing, it illuminates
India's role in a global network of birth control advocacy. The
book also argues how Indians' contraceptive advocacy and
associationalism became an increasingly significant realm of action
in which they staked claims not just about the utility of
contraception but simultaneously over their ability and right to
self-rule.
Birth control holds an unusual place in the history of medicine.
Largely devoid of doctors or hospitals, only relatively recently
have birth control histories included tales of laboratory-based
therapeutic innovation. Instead, these histories elucidate the
peculiar slippages between individual bodies and a body politic
occasioned by the promotion of techniques to manipulate human
reproduction. The history of birth control in India brings these as
well as additional complications to the field. Contrary to popular
belief, India has one of the most long-lasting, institutionalized,
far-reaching, state sponsored family planning programs in the
world. During the inter-war period the country witnessed the
formation of groups dedicated to promoting the cause of birth
control. This book outlines the early history of birth control in
India, particularly the Tamil south. In so doing, it illuminates
India's role in a global network of birth control advocacy. The
book also argues how Indians' contraceptive advocacy and
associationalism became an increasingly significant realm of action
in which they staked claims not just about the utility of
contraception but simultaneously over their ability and right to
self-rule.
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