Midwives in Mexico

Introduction: Navigating the Midwifery Waters in Mexico

Hanna Laako and Georgina Sanchez-Ramirez

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 Sanchez-Ramirez

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

Georgina Sanchez-Ramirez and Geicel Llamileth Benitez 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 Sanchez-Ramirez

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• Antropologia social e cultural
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