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Author:

Mukherjee, Sujata, author.

Title:

Gender, medicine, and society in colonial India : women's health care in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Bengal / Sujata Mukherjee.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xxxv, 223 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Women's health services--Bengal--Bengal--History--19th century.
Women's health services--Bengal--Bengal--History--20th century.
Medical education--Bengal--Bengal--History--19th century.
Medical education--Bengal--Bengal--History--20th century.
Women in medicine--Bengal--Bengal--History--19th century.
Women in medicine--Bengal--Bengal--History--20th century.
Medical education.
Women in medicine.
Women's health services.
India--Bengal.
1800-1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-214) and index.

Summary:

This book analyses the interface between medicine and colonial society through the lens of gender. The work traces the growth of hospital medicine in nineteenth century Bengal and shows how it created a space-albeit small-for providing western health care to female patients. It observes that, unlike in the colonial setup, before the advent of hospital medicine women were treated mostly by female practitioners of indigenous therapies who had commendable skill as practitioners. The book also explores the linkages of growth of medical education for women and the role of the Brahmo Samaj in this process. The manuscript tackles several crucial questions including those of racial discrimination, reproductive health practices, sexual health, famines and mortality, and the role of women's agencies and other organizations in popularizing western medicine and healthcare.

ISBN:

0199468222 (hardback)
9780199468225 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)966362836

LCCN:

2016362496

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)