Ambalika Guha
Biographic Data
| ID | 9203162 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ambalika Guha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ambalika |
| FAMILY NAME | Guha |
| SIGNATURE | GUHA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria University of Wellington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Beyond the Apparent
The existing historiography on medicalisation of childbirth in India has overemphasised the role of female doctors in introducing Western medical ideas and practices pertaining to childbirth into the Indian zenana (secluded sections of respectable Indian households inhabited by females) and, hence, has uncritically assumed the absence of male involvement in midwifery as an unquestionable historical fact. Using Bengal as an example, this article w…
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Beyond the Apparent
The existing historiography on medicalisation of childbirth in India has overemphasised the role of female doctors in introducing Western medical ideas and practices pertaining to childbirth into the Indian zenana (secluded sections of respectable Indian households inhabited by females) and, hence, has uncritically assumed the absence of male involvement in midwifery as an unquestionable historical fact. Using Bengal as an example, this article w…
BENGAL (1 work) · Caste (1 work) · Childbirth (1 work) · Constitution (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (1 work) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (1 work) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (1 work) · Historiography (1 work) · History (1 work)