A Bold Profession - Leslie Anne Hadfield

A Bold Profession

African Nurses in Rural Apartheid South Africa
Buch | Softcover
276 Seiten
2023
University of Wisconsin Press (Verlag)
978-0-299-33124-5 (ISBN)
34,85 inkl. MwSt
In rural South African clinics, Black nurses played critical roles. Leslie Anne Hadfield compellingly demonstrates how these women were able to successfully carve out their own professional space and reshape notions of health and healing in the Eastern Cape.
In rural South African clinics, Black nurses played critical roles. Charged with administering valuable and life-saving health care measures despite a lack of equipment and personnel, these nurses had to navigate the intersections of traditional African healing practices, changing gender relations, and increasing educational and economic opportunities for South Africa’s Black middle class between the 1960s and 1980s.
 
Leslie Anne Hadfield compellingly demonstrates how these women were able to successfully carve out their own professional space and reshape notions of health and healing in the Eastern Cape. Bringing forth the stories of these nurses in their own voices, A Bold Profession is an homage to their dedication to the well-being of their communities. Hadfield sheds light on the struggles of balancing commitment to career and family lives during an oppressive apartheid. The volume fills an important gap for scholars studying the history of women, nursing, and health care in South Africa, illuminating the humanity of health care workers.

Leslie Anne Hadfield is an assistant professor of African history at Brigham Young University. She has published articles in various African history journals.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Women in Africa and the Diaspora
Zusatzinfo 12 b&w illus., 3 maps, 2 tables
Verlagsort Wisconsin
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
ISBN-10 0-299-33124-5 / 0299331245
ISBN-13 978-0-299-33124-5 / 9780299331245
Zustand Neuware
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