Marketizing Maternity
Techno-Valuations and Birth Transformations in Bangladesh
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- Paperback
234 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2027
Summary
Marketizing Maternity investigates the transformation of childbirth in Bangladesh over two short decades, from an in-home, nonmedical experience into one that is not only almost universally medicalized but also commodified. Today, most women give birth in biomedical facilities, and half do so surgically, largely through a minimally regulated health marketplace.
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with women, families, health workers, and policymakers across national, periurban, and rura…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781501791154 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 150179115X |
| Author: | Janet E. Perkins |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Imprint: | Cornell University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 234 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Janet E. Perkins
Janet E. Perkins
Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on health and biomedical technologies in reproductive health, toxicity, and global health practice.
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