Obstructed labour : race and gender in the re-emergence of midwifery / Sheryl Nestel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nestel, Sheryl, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Midwives--Ontario--Social conditions--20th century.

Midwives.

Midwifery--Social aspects--Ontario.

Midwifery.

Race discrimination--Ontario.

Race discrimination.

Minority women--Employment--Ontario.

Minority women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Obstructed 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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acronyms

Introduction: A New Profession to the White Population in Canada

Technologies of Exclusion

Midwifery in Ontario: A Counter-History

Midwifery Tourism

"Ambassadors of the Profession": The Construction of Respectable Midwifery

Narratives of Exclusion and Resistance of Women of Colour

Conclusion: The Construction of Unequal Subjects

Appendices

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-195) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-74129-2

9786612741296

0-7748-5536-3

OCLC:

243587344