{"product_id":"modern-maternities","title":"Modern Maternities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eModern Maternities: Medical Advice about Breastfeeding in Colonial Calcutta \u003c\/em\u003ebrings to light rare textual and visual materials on medical opinions about breastfeeding by memsahibs (European women), \u003ci\u003edais \u003c\/i\u003e(indigenous midwives and\/or wet nurses) and the \u003ci\u003ebhadramahila \u003c\/i\u003e(here the focus is on ‘respectable’ Bengali-Hindu women). With the help of archival resources, the author discusses themes like:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emodernity, maternities and medicine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eintersections of ‘race’, gender, class, caste, community and age in diet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eartificial foods versus wet nursing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e‘cleanliness’, corporeality and culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e‘clean midwifery’ versus ‘dirty midwifery’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecustomary breastfeeding practices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003echild-mothers and childcare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebreastfeeding, mothercraft and modern clocks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexhibitions, baby shows and baby weeks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecolonialism and anti-colonial nation-building\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book offers critical insights into social histories of medicine, motherhood and childcare in nineteenth and early twentieth century colonial Calcutta. It is intended for anyone interested in the book’s interdisciplinary focus on the regional, national and global resonances of childrearing advice. In particular, it will interest scholars and researchers from modern Indian history, global history, health history, medical anthropology, gender studies and South Asian studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247132234072,"sku":"9781032066196","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032066196.jpg?v=1781005556","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/modern-maternities","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}