The cultural politics of reproduction : migration, health and family making / edited by Maya Unnithan-Kumar and Sunil K. Khanna.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, [New York] ; Oxford, [England] : Berghahn Books, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781782385455 (e-book)
- 362.198/40086912 23
- JV6347 .C858 2015
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ebrary Online Books
|
Colombo | Available | CBEBK20001603 | ||||
|
Ebrary Online Books
|
Jaffna | Available | JFEBK20001603 | ||||
|
Ebrary Online Books
|
Kandy | Available | KDEBK20001603 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Charting the experiences of internally or externally migrant communities, the volume examines social transformation through the dynamic relationship between movement, reproduction, and health. The chapters examine how healthcare experiences of migrants are not only embedded in their own unique health worldviews, but also influenced by the history, policy, and politics of the wider state systems. The research among migrant communities an understanding of how ideas of reproduction and "cultures of health" travel, how healing, birth and care practices become a result of movement, and how health-related perceptions and reproductive experiences can define migrant belonging and identity.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
There are no comments on this title.