Awards

• Winner of Book Award, Canadian Women's Studies Association 2008 (Canada)

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Author:   Sheryl Nestel
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9780774812191

ISBN 10:   0774812192
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   31 May 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Acronyms Introduction: A New Profession to the White Population in Canada 1 Technologies of Exclusion 2 Midwifery in Ontario: A Counter-History 3 Midwifery Tourism 4 Ambassadors of the Profession : The Construction of Respectable Midwifery 5 Narratives of Exclusion and Resistance of Women of Colour Conclusion: The Construction of Unequal Subjects Appendix A: Information letter for research participants Appendix B: Poster to solicit study participants Appendix C: Chronology of midwifery in Ontario Appendix D: Interview for immigrant midwives of colour Appendix E: Interview for white non-elite midwives Appendix F: Interview for white members of midwifery bodies Appendix G: Interview for women of colour who participated on midwifery bodies Notes References Index

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""An important, at times heartbreaking, account of some of the contradictions at the heart of the new midwifery. This is a book that those of us in medical sociology, women's studies, and critical race studies will want to read and to think about. And those of us who care - care deeply - about the past, present, and future of midwifery need to read this book."" - Barbara Katz Rothman, author of Weaving a Family: Untangling Race and Adoption""

An important, at times heartbreaking, account of some of the contradictions at the heart of the new midwifery. This is a book that those of us in medical sociology, women's studies, and critical race studies will want to read and to think about. And those of us who care - care deeply - about the past, present, and future of midwifery need to read this book. - Barbara Katz Rothman, author of Weaving a Family: Untangling Race and Adoption

"""An important, at times heartbreaking, account of some of the contradictions at the heart of the new midwifery. This is a book that those of us in medical sociology, women's studies, and critical race studies will want to read and to think about. And those of us who care - care deeply - about the past, present, and future of midwifery need to read this book."" - Barbara Katz Rothman, author of Weaving a Family: Untangling Race and Adoption"""

Author Information

Sheryl Nestel teaches in the Sociology and Equity Studies Department of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.

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