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Taking medicine : women's healing work and colonial contact in Southern Alberta, 1880-1930 / Kristin Burnett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burnett, Kristin, 1974-
- Series:
- Women and indigenous studies series.
- Women and indigenous studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women's health services--Alberta--History.
- Women's health services.
- Women--Health and hygiene--Alberta--History.
- Women.
- Medical care--Alberta--History.
- Medical care.
- Community Health Services--history.
- History of Nursing.
- Acculturation.
- White people.
- History, 19th Century.
- History, 20th Century.
- Indians, North American.
- Alberta.
- Medical Subjects:
- Community Health Services--history.
- History of Nursing.
- Acculturation.
- History, 19th Century.
- History, 20th Century.
- Indians, North American.
- Women.
- Alberta.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver [B.C.] : UBC Press, c2010
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Taking Medicine presents colonial medicine and nursing as a gendered phenomenon that had particular meanings for Aboriginal and settler women who dealt with one another over bodily matters. By bringing to light women's contributions to the development of health care in southern Alberta between 1880 and 1930, this book challenges traditional understandings of colonial medicine and nursing in the contact zone."--Pub. desc.
- Contents:
- 1 Niitsitapi: The Northwestern Plains
- 2 Setting the Stage: Engendering the Therapeutic Culture of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, Tsuu T'ina, and Nakoda
- 3 Giving Birth: Women's Health Work and Western Settlement, 1850-1900
- 4 Converging Therapeutic Systems: Encounters between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Women, 1870s-90s
- 5 Laying the Foundation: The Work of Nurses, Nursing Sisters, and Female Attendants on Reserves, 1890-1915
- 6 Taking over the System: Graduate Nurses, Nursing Sisters, Female Attendants, and Indian Health Services, 1915-30
- 7 The Snake and the Butterfly: Midwifery and Birth Control, 1900s-30s.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-71681-X
- 0-7748-1830-1
- OCLC:
- 799730652
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