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OverviewHariti is the ancient Indian goddess of childbirth and women healers, known at one time throughout South and Southeast Asia from India to Nepal and Bali. Daughters of Hariti looks at her 'daughters' today, female midwives and healers in many different cultures across the region. It also traces the transformation of childbirth in these cultures under the impact of Western biomedical technology, national and international health policies and the wider factors of social and economic change. The authors ask what can be done to improve the high rates of maternal and infant deaths and illnesses still associated with childbirth in most societies in this area and whether the wholesale replacement of indigenous knowledge by Western biomedical technology is necessarily a good thing. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Santi Rozario , Geoffrey SamuelPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780415753791ISBN 10: 0415753791 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 15 August 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews' ... one of the major accomplishments of the book is the persuasive way Western values and secularist models are explained to be equally dismissive of local traditions and folk practices such as those associated with childbirth .' - SOAS ' ... one of the major accomplishments of the book is the persuasive way Western values and secularist models are explained to be equally dismissive of local traditions and folk practices such as those associated with childbirth. ' SOAS Author InformationSanti Rozario, Geoffrey Samuel Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |