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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global AffairsSouth Asia Center presentsI
 mperialist\nAccounts of Obstetric Violence in India and Recovered Indigeno
 us KnowledgesThis talk\nfocuses on an account of the history of the medica
 lization of childbirth during\nthe British Raj in India\, how birth and de
 livery were appropriated from indigenous\nmidwives (dais) and how hospital
 ization was made desirable among the Indian\nelite. We will discuss how th
 e traditional birth assistants have been\nrepresented by the colonial miss
 ions of both the British Empire in the 19th\ncentury and the American one 
 in the 20th century\, through two well-known\n\nauthors:\nRudyard Kipling 
 and Katherine Mayo. In addition to analyzing the triple\nmarginalization o
 f indigenous birth assistants in their subaltern status\, we\nwill present
  some of the current mechanisms of reassessment of their ancestral\npracti
 ces that place the domestic sphere back to its subversive potential.Profes
 sor\nAntonia Navarro-Tejero has been teaching Cultural Studies and South A
 sian\nLiteratures at Universidad de Córdoba (Spain) since 2003\, where she
  chairs the\nPermanent Seminar on India Studies. Prof.&nbsp\; Navarro is c
 urrently the head researcher\nof the European funded project “Corporalitie
 s\, Genders and Difference: Cultural\nPractices of Violence and Marginaliz
 ation” and is the team leader of cluster\n“Embodiments” in the Spanish Min
 istry of Innovation and Universities research\nproject “Bodies in Transit.
 ” Among other awards and recognitions\, she is\ncurrently a Salvador de Ma
 dariaga Fellow at Syracuse University (Women’s and\nGender Department) and
  was a Fulbright postdoc scholar at University of\nCalifornia\, Berkeley. 
 She is Founder-President of the Spanish Association for\nInterdisciplinary
  India Studies (aeeii.org). Her research interests include\ntransnational 
 feminist theory and praxis\, non-normative knowledges\, and the\nbiomedica
 l discourse.For more information or to request additional accommodations\,
  please contact Emera Bridger Wilson\, elbridge@syr.edu. 
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SUMMARY:Antonia Navarro-Tejero: Imperialist Accounts of Obstetric Violence 
 in India and Recovered Indigenous Knowledges
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs</p><p>
 South Asia Center presents</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Imperialist\nAccounts 
 of Obstetric Violence in India and Recovered Indigenous Knowledges</strong
 ></p><p><br></p><p>This talk\nfocuses on an account of the history of the 
 medicalization of childbirth during\nthe British Raj in India\, how birth 
 and delivery were appropriated from indigenous\nmidwives (<em>dais</em>) a
 nd how hospitalization was made desirable among the Indian\nelite. We will
  discuss how the traditional birth assistants have been\nrepresented by th
 e colonial missions of both the British Empire in the 19th\ncentury and th
 e American one in the 20th century\, through two well-known\n\nauthors:\nR
 udyard Kipling and Katherine Mayo. In addition to analyzing the triple\nma
 rginalization of indigenous birth assistants in their subaltern status\, w
 e\nwill present some of the current mechanisms of reassessment of their an
 cestral\npractices that place the domestic sphere back to its subversive p
 otential.</p><p><br></p><p>Professor\nAntonia Navarro-Tejero has been teac
 hing Cultural Studies and South Asian\nLiteratures at Universidad de Córdo
 ba (Spain) since 2003\, where she chairs the\nPermanent Seminar on India S
 tudies. Prof.&nbsp\; Navarro is currently the head researcher\nof the Euro
 pean funded project “Corporalities\, Genders and Difference: Cultural\nPra
 ctices of Violence and Marginalization” and is the team leader of cluster\
 n“Embodiments” in the Spanish Ministry of Innovation and Universities rese
 arch\nproject “Bodies in Transit.” Among other awards and recognitions\, s
 he is\ncurrently a Salvador de Madariaga Fellow at Syracuse University (Wo
 men’s and\nGender Department) and was a Fulbright postdoc scholar at Unive
 rsity of\nCalifornia\, Berkeley. She is Founder-President of the Spanish A
 ssociation for\nInterdisciplinary India Studies (aeeii.org). Her research 
 interests include\ntransnational feminist theory and praxis\, non-normativ
 e knowledges\, and the\nbiomedical discourse.</p><p><br></p><p>For more in
 formation or to request additional accommodations\, please contact Emera B
 ridger Wilson\, elbridge@syr.edu. </p>
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