%0 Journal Article
%T Reproductive Restraints. Birth Control in India, 1877-1947, Sanjam Ahluwalia
%A Jessica L. Hackett
%J Moussons : Recherche en Sciences Humaines sur l¡¯Asie du Sud-Est
%D 2011
%I Universit¨¦ de Provence
%X This book, written by historian and feminist Sanjam Ahluwalia, provides a comprehensive account and solid analysis of the heterogeneous colonial and nationalist discourse of the reproductive and birth control debates in India at the end of the colonial period (from 1877-1947). Over the course of five well-balanced chapters, the author exposes the underlying dynamics of the birth control and reproductive policies of India from colonial times up until the country¡¯s Independence in 1947. She und...
%U http://moussons.revues.org/794