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Obstructed Labour Race and Gender in the Re-Emergence of Midwifery 1st Edition

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Full Title

Obstructed Labour Race and Gender in the Re-Emergence of Midwifery 1st Edition

Author(s)

Sheryl Nestel

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9780774855365, 9780774812207, 9780774812191, 9780774840729

Publisher

UBC Press

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

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.