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OverviewObstructed Labour 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. Obstructed Labour 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sheryl NestelPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.320kg ISBN: 9780774812207ISBN 10: 0774812206 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 01 January 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly 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 ContentsAcknowledgments Acronyms Introduction: A New Profession to the White Population in Canada 1 Technologies of Exclusion 2 Midwifery in Ontario: A Counter-History 3 Midwifery Tourism 4 Ambassadors of the Profession : The Construction of Respectable Midwifery 5 Narratives of Exclusion and Resistance of Women of Colour Conclusion: The Construction of Unequal Subjects Appendix A: Information letter for research participants Appendix B: Poster to solicit study participants Appendix C: Chronology of midwifery in Ontario Appendix D: Interview for immigrant midwives of colour Appendix E: Interview for white non-elite midwives Appendix F: Interview for white members of midwifery bodies Appendix G: Interview for women of colour who participated on midwifery bodies Notes References IndexReviewsAuthor InformationSheryl Nestel teaches in the Sociology and Equity Studies Department of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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