As the first major ethnography of Baloch midwives in Pakistan, this book draws on long-term ethnographic research in Balochistan province, showing how dh¿nabogs/dheenabogs (Baloch midwives ranging in age from about 30 to 80) and their dh¿nabogir¿ (midwifery) aid women and their kin through labor and postpartum recovery.
As the first major ethnography of Baloch midwives in Pakistan, this book draws on long-term ethnographic research in Balochistan province, showing how dh¿nabogs/dheenabogs (Baloch midwives ranging in age from about 30 to 80) and their dh¿nabogir¿ (midwifery) aid women and their kin through labor and postpartum recovery.