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12%OFFSanjam Ahluwalia - Reproductive Restraints: Birth Control in India, 1877-1947 - 9780252074806 - V9780252074806
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Reproductive Restraints: Birth Control in India, 1877-1947

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Description for Reproductive Restraints: Birth Control in India, 1877-1947 Paperback. Traces the history of contraception use and population management in colonial India, while illuminating its connection to contemporary debates in India and birth control movements in Great Britain and United States. This book draws attention to the interactive and relational history of Indian birth control. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFM; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.

Reproductive Restraints traces the history of contraception use and population management in colonial India, while illuminating its connection to contemporary debates in India and birth control movements in Great Britain and the United States. Sanjam Ahluwalia draws attention to the interactive and relational history of Indian birth control by including western activists such as Margaret Sanger and Marie Stopes alongside important Indian campaigners. In revealing the elitist politics of middle-class feminists, Indian nationalists, western activists, colonial authorities and the medical establishment, Ahluwalia finds that they all sought to rationalize procreation and regulate women while invoking competing notions of freedom, femininity, ... Read more

Ahluwalia’s remarkable interviews with practicing midwives in rural northern India fills a gaping void in the documentary history of birth control and shows that the movement has had little appeal to non-elite groups in India. Finding that Jaunpuri women’s reproductive decisions are bound to their emotional, cultural, and economic reliance on family and community, Ahluwalia presents the limitations of universal liberal feminist categories, which often do not consider differences among localized subjects. She argues that elitist birth control efforts failed to account for Indian women’s values and needs and have worked to restrict reproductive rights rather than liberate subaltern Indian women since colonial times.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252074806
SKU
V9780252074806
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About Sanjam Ahluwalia
Sanjam Ahluwalia is an associate professor of history and women’s studies at Northern Arizona University.

Reviews for Reproductive Restraints: Birth Control in India, 1877-1947
"An essential source... This book is a solid contribution to the field of discourse analysis."
American Historical Review "Represents a major breakthrough not only in feminist studies but also in the studies of subaltern groups in general."
Technology and Culture "Ahluwalia's historical instincts are keen... Accessibly written, skillfully organized, and wonderfully researched."
Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History "A comprehensive historical study... Will ... Read more

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