Progressive mothers, better babies : race, public health, and the state in Brazil, 1850-1945 / by Okezi T. Otovo.
- Otovo, Okezi T.
- Date:
- 2016
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016.
Physical description
x, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contributors
Edition
First edition.
Contents
Persistence and change : the "mulata velha" -- Domestic health care : the mãe e preta -- Motherhood as science : the curiosa -- Foundling care and family welfare : the mãe e desnaturada -- Bahia's estado novo : the pai dos pobres.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-261) and index.
Languages
Subjects
- MotherhoodBrazilHistory19th century
- MotherhoodBrazilHistory20th century
- Public healthBrazilHistory19th century
- Public healthBrazilHistory20th century
- Women, BlackRace identityBrazil.
- Women's health servicesBrazil.
- Public healthSocial aspectsBrazil.
- Health care reformBrazilHistory
- Mothers
- Child Rearing
- Women's Health Services
- Infant Welfare
- Public Health
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineUVH.793.AA8-9Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781477308837
- 1477308830
- 9781477309056
- 1477309055