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Midwives in Mexico: Situated Politics, Politically Situated book cover

1st Edition

Midwives in Mexico Situated Politics, Politically Situated

By Hanna Laako, Georgina Sánchez-Ramírez Copyright 2021
244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

This book presents the contemporary history and dynamics of Mexican midwifery - professional, (post)modern or autonomous, traditional and Indigenous - as profoundly political and embedded in differing societal stratifications. By situated politics , the authors refer to various networks, spaces and territories, which are also constructed by the midwives. By politically situated , the authors... Read more

Introduction: Navigating the Midwifery Waters in Mexico

Hanna Laako and Georgina Sánchez-Ramírez

1. Underdogs, Turf Wars and Revivals: Politically Situated Mexican Midwiferies in Historical, Multiscale Perspective

Hanna Laako

2. She Breaks Paradigms and Leaves a Trail: The Contested Terrains of Midwifery Activism

Hanna Laako

3. From Infantilization to Body-Territoriality: Birth Centers in Mexico

Georgina Sánchez-Ramírez

4. Dejar Pasar: The Safe Interruption of Pregnancy by Traditional, Indigenous Midwives in Southern Mexico

Georgina Sánchez-Ramírez and Geicel Llamileth Benítez Fuentes

5. Postcolonial Midwifery: Midwives, Territories and Human Rights in Development

Hanna Laako

Conclusions: Situatedness and the Making of Worlds in Midwifery

Hanna Laako and Georgina Sánchez-Ramírez

Biography

Hanna Laako is a Senior Researcher at the Department of Social Sciences of the University of Eastern Finland (UEF).

Georgina Sánchez-Ramírez  is a Researcher-Professor at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. She is also member of the Mexican National System of Researchers (CONACYT).

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