Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Besim Ömer and Writing the History of Midwifery and Childbirth
- 2 The Transformation of Midwifery
- 3 Abortion, Power and Agency
- 4 Pregnancy as a Site of Medical Intervention
- 5 Infertility as a Public Problem
- Conclusion: Gendering Nineteenth-Century Ottoman History
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
Notes
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Besim Ömer and Writing the History of Midwifery and Childbirth
- 2 The Transformation of Midwifery
- 3 Abortion, Power and Agency
- 4 Pregnancy as a Site of Medical Intervention
- 5 Infertility as a Public Problem
- Conclusion: Gendering Nineteenth-Century Ottoman History
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Politics of Reproduction in Ottoman Society, 1838–1900 , pp. 125 - 156Publisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014