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Gender, Medicine, & Society In Colon-PD

Women’s Health Care In Nineteenth And Early Twentieth-Century Bengal
Gender, Medicine, & Society In Colon-PD
Sujata Mukherjee OUP India History English Hardcover 9780199468225
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British imperialism in India left in its wake the scars of many battles between the colonizer and the colonized. Intense hostilities were witnessed as each tried to prove its superiority in domains such as medicine, education and law. Through the lens of gender politics, Sujata Mukherjee confronts these conflicts to reveal the contested ‘body’ of the Indian woman.
Focusing on hospital medicine and preventive medical care, Mukherjee traces the popularization of Western forms of medical care in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Bengal. She shows how it created a space albeit small for providing Western health care to female patients; for the first time, women could receive medical attention outside the purdah and zenana. However, there was a simultaneous discrediting of indigenous forms of medicine such as Ayurveda and Unani and their practitioners, who had once exercised significant influence.
The book also explores the growth of Western medical education among women in Bengal. Overcoming racial and gender discrimination, social taboos and active opposition from authorities and their families, some remarkable women became doctors and practicing physicians. Aiding them in their long-drawn efforts were the Brahmo Samaj and several women’s organizations and agencies of the time.

Sujata Mukherjee is Professor, Department of History and Dean of Arts Faculty, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. She was the ICCR Visiting Chair at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, between July and October 2016. the book also explores the growth of Western medical education among women in Bengal.

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