Birth on the Threshold: Childbirth and Modernity in South India - Cecilia Coale Van Hollen - Books - University of California Press - 9780520223592 - October 16, 2003
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Birth on the Threshold: Childbirth and Modernity in South India

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Focusing on the birth experiences of lower-class women in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, this title reveals the complex ways in which modernity emerges in local contexts. Through vivid description and animated dialogue, it conveys the birth stories of the women of Tamil Nadu in their own voices.


310 pages, 2 maps

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 16, 2003
ISBN13 9780520223592
Publishers University of California Press
Pages 310
Dimensions 229 × 198 × 29 mm   ·   446 g

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