Baloch Midwives: Contesting Global Perceptions of Midwifery in Balochistan, Pakistan
Author:   Fouzieyha Towghi
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   324
Publication Date:   29 March 2024
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Baloch Midwives: Contesting Global Perceptions of Midwifery in Balochistan, Pakistan


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Author:   Fouzieyha Towghi
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032571195


ISBN 10:   1032571195
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   29 March 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction 1. Balochistan and the Panjgūr District: Background and Context 2. Using Biomedicine to Secure the Maternal Body from Traditional Midwifery 3. Searching for the Dāī: Finding Dhīnabog, Kawwās, and Balluks 4. Haunted by Ingrezī Dhawā 5. Balochī versus Ingrezī Dhawā in the Politics of Births, Babies, and Bad Injections 6. Un-Enunciated Experiments in the Guise of Humanitarian Care Conclusion: Forms and Ethics of Baloch Midwifery Index

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Fouzieyha Towghi is a medical anthropologist and an honorary academic in the School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, and the recipient of the 2015 Rudolph Virchow Professional Award from the Society for Medical Anthropology for her 2014 article, “Normalizing Off-Label Experiments and the Pharmaceuticalization of Homebirths in Pakistan.” Drawing from over ten years of ethnographic research, her scholarship has focused on the politics of reproduction, medicine, science, and biomedical technologies and their implications for women’s health and lives in South Asia.

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