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Nursing and Empire
Sujani Reddy
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Paperback. In this rich interdisciplinary study, Sujani Reddy examines the consequential lives of Indian nurses whose careers have unfolded in the contexts of empire, migration, familial relations, race, and gender. As Reddy shows, the nursing profession developed in India against a complex backdrop of British and US imperialism. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
In this rich interdisciplinary study, Sujani Reddy examines the consequential lives of Indian nurses whose careers have unfolded in the contexts of empire, migration, familial relations, race, and gender. As Reddy shows, the nursing profession developed in India against a complex backdrop of British and U.S. imperialism. After World War II, facing limited vocational options at home, a growing number of female nurses migrated from India to the United States during the Cold War. Complicating the long-held view of Indian women as passive participants in the movement of skilled labor in this period, Reddy demonstrates how these ""women in the ... Read more
In this rich interdisciplinary study, Sujani Reddy examines the consequential lives of Indian nurses whose careers have unfolded in the contexts of empire, migration, familial relations, race, and gender. As Reddy shows, the nursing profession developed in India against a complex backdrop of British and U.S. imperialism. After World War II, facing limited vocational options at home, a growing number of female nurses migrated from India to the United States during the Cold War. Complicating the long-held view of Indian women as passive participants in the movement of skilled labor in this period, Reddy demonstrates how these ""women in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469625072
SKU
V9781469625072
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About Sujani Reddy
Sujani K. Reddy is Five College Assistant Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies at Amherst College, USA.
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