Obstructed Labour : Race and Gender in the Re-Emergence of Midwifery.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction: A New Profession to the White Population in Canada -- 1 Technologies of Exclusion -- 2 Midwifery in Ontario: A Counter-History -- 3 Midwifery Tourism -- 4 "Ambassadors of the Profession": The Construction of Respectable Midwifery -- 5 Narratives of Exclusion and Resistance of Women of Colour -- Conclusion: The Construction of Unequal Subjects -- Appendix A: Information letter for research participants -- Appendix B: Poster to solicit study participants -- Appendix C: Chronology of midwifery in Ontario -- Appendix D: Interview for immigrant midwives of colour -- Appendix E: Interview for white "non-elite" midwives -- Appendix F: Interview for white members of midwifery bodies -- Appendix G: Interview for women of colour who participated on midwifery bodies -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

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