Baloch Midwives - Contesting Global Perceptions of Midwifery in Balochistan, Pakistan

As the first major ethnography of Baloch midwives in Pakistan, this book draws on long-term ethnographic research in Balochistan province, showing how dh¿nabogs/dheenabogs (Baloch midwives ranging in age from about 30 to 80) and their dh¿nabogir¿ (midwifery) aid women and their kin through labor and postpartum recovery.

List of contents

Introduction
1. Balochistan and the Panjg¿r District: Background and Context
2. Using Biomedicine to Secure the Maternal Body from Traditional Midwifery
3. Searching for the D¿¿: Finding Dh¿nabog, Kaww¿s, and Balluks
4. Haunted by Ingrez¿ Dhaw¿
5. Baloch¿ versus Ingrez¿ Dhaw¿ in the Politics of Births, Babies, and Bad Injections
6. Un-Enunciated Experiments in the Guise of Humanitarian Care
Conclusion: Forms and Ethics of Baloch Midwifery
Index

About the author

Fouzieyha Towghi is a medical anthropologist and an honorary academic in the School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, and the recipient of the 2015 Rudolph Virchow Professional Award from the Society for Medical Anthropology for her 2014 article, "Normalizing Off-Label Experiments and the Pharmaceuticalization of Homebirths in Pakistan." Drawing from over ten years of ethnographic research, her scholarship has focused on the politics of reproduction, medicine, science, and biomedical technologies and their implications for women's health and lives in South Asia.

Summary

As the first major ethnography of Baloch midwives in Pakistan, this book draws on long-term ethnographic research in Balochistan province, showing how dhinabogs/dheenabogs (Baloch midwives ranging in age from about 30 to 80) and their dhinabogiri (midwifery) aid women and their kin through labor and postpartum recovery.

Product details

• Authors: Fouzieyha Towghi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.03.2024
• EAN: 9781032571195
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3257119-5
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Social Science Perspectives on Childbirth and Reproduction
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Miscellaneous; Pakistan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / Perinatology & Neonatology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, MEDICAL / Nursing / Maternity, Perinatal, Women's Health, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Midwifery, Medical Sociology, Neonatal Medicine, Balochistan, Midwifery;Sexual Health;Anthropology;Medicine