Del i serien International Institute for Qualitative Methodology Series

Poor and Pregnant in New Delhi, India

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

AvHelen Vallianatos

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In this innovative contribution to the study of food, gender, and power, Helen Vallianatos meticulously documents cultural values and beliefs, dietary practaices, and the nutritional and health status of mothers in Indian squatter settlements. She explores both large-scale forces—incorporating critical medical anthropology and feminist theory into a biocultural paradigm—and the local and individual choices New Delhi women make in interpreting cultural dietary norms based on their reproductive histories, socioeconomic status, family structure, and other specific conditions. Her findings have significant implications for nutritional and medical anthropology and development studies, and her innovative research design serves as a model for multi-method studies that use participatory research principles, combine quantitative and qualitative investigations, and interpret diverse types of data.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2006-04-30
Mått138 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt317 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieInternational Institute for Qualitative Methodology Series
Antal sidor262
FörlagLeft Coast Press Inc
ISBN9781598742930

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1: Food, Gender, and Power; 2: The Setting: Living in Poverty; 3: The Research Process: Participants and Method; 4: The Political Economy of Health and Hunger in India; 5: Eating for Two? Perspectives on Food Consumption during Pregnancy; 6: The Social Contexts for Pregnant Women’s Nutritional Landscapes; 7: Health Assessment: Numbers and Experiences; 8: Relationships between Food, Power, and Gender

"This research exquisitely exemplifies the complexities and strengths of mixed-method design. Vallianatos links diverse data sets-physiological measurements, dietary analysis, market surveys-with ethnographic data to produce a rich and comprehensive description of the variety of forces shaping women's food consumption practices in India.[and] achieves the extraordinary task of forming a coherent portrayal of everyday life in the New Delhi slums." -Kim D. Raine, University of Alberta