{"product_id":"obstructed-labour-race-and-gender-in-the-re-emergence-of-midwifery-paperback-softback-9780774812207","title":"Obstructed Labour; Race and Gender in the Re-Emergence of Midwifery (Paperback \/ softback) 9780774812207","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eObstructed Labour\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRace and Gender in the Re-Emergence of Midwifery\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSheryl Nestel (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774812207\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eObstructed Labour\u003c\/em\u003e analyzes how the movement to legalize midwifery in Ontario reproduced racial inequality by excluding from practice hundreds of professional midwives from the global south. Global macroprocesses of power, institutional forms of exclusion, and interpersonal expressions of racism all play a part. Sheryl Nestel shows that unequal relations between women underlie the successful challenge to patriarchal medical authority mounted by provincial midwifery activists. This is a disquieting but fascinating counter-history of the re-emergence of midwifery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eObstructed Labour\u003c\/em\u003e should be read by those who want to understand how racism works in both policy and everyday practice as well as by those interested in pursuing equity in the struggle for women's reproductive rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcronyms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A New Profession to the White Population in Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Technologies of Exclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Midwifery in Ontario: A Counter-History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Midwifery Tourism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 \"Ambassadors of the Profession\": The Construction of Respectable Midwifery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Narratives of Exclusion and Resistance of Women of Colour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Construction of Unequal Subjects\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Information letter for research participants\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Poster to solicit study participants\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Chronology of midwifery in Ontario\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix D: Interview for immigrant midwives of colour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix E: Interview for white \"non-elite\" midwives\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix F: Interview for white members of midwifery bodies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix G: Interview for women of colour who participated on midwifery bodies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531053560088,"sku":"9780774812207","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/obstructed-labour-race-and-gender-in-the-re-emergence-of-midwifery-paperback-softback-9780774812207","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}