birth control in India, 1877-1947
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Ahluwalia, Sanjam
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- V IND 34 2008
- Thesaurus
- geboorteregeling, seksualiteit, kolonialisme, nationalisme, feminisme, sociale klasse, verloskundigen, India, Verenigde Staten, Verenigd Koninkrijk, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw
- Description
- This book traces the history of contraception use and population management in colonial India, while illuminating its connection to contemporary debates in India and birth control movements in Great Britain and the United States. Ahluwalia draws attention to the interactive and relational history of Indian birth control by including western activists such as Margaret Sanger and Marie Stopes alongside important Indian campaigners. In revealing the elitist politics of middle-class feminists, Indian nationalists, western activists, colonial authorities and the medical establishment, Ahluwalia finds similatities between these groups in rationalizing procreation and regulating women while invoking competing notions of freedom, femininity, and family.