Progressive Mothers, Better Babies - Race, Public Health, and the State in Brazil, 1850-1945

Informationen zum Autor By Okezi T. Otovo Klappentext This illuminating study explores the social and cultural history of Brazilian family health and welfare policies-particularly the effect of the reform-minded maternalist movement on impoverished women and children and on the uneven integration of Afro-Bra Zusammenfassung This illuminating study explores the social and cultural history of Brazilian family health and welfare policies—particularly the effect of the reform-minded maternalist movement on impoverished women and children and on the uneven integration of Afro-Bra Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Abbreviations Note on Orthography and Currency Introduction Chapter 1. Persistence and Change: The "Mulata Velha" Chapter 2. Domestic Health Care: The Mãe Preta Chapter 3. Motherhood as Science: The Curiosa Chapter 4. Foundling Care and Family Welfare: The Mãe Desnaturada Chapter 5. Bahia’s Estado Novo: The Pai dos Pobres Conclusion A Suggestive Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Okezi T Otovo, Okezi T. Otovo
• Editore: University Of Texas Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9781477309056
• ISBN: 978-1-4773-0905-6
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture; Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long; Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture; Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Salute; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia