A Bold Profession: African Nurses in Rural Apartheid South Africa (Women in Africa and the Diaspora) - Tapa dura

Hadfield, Leslie Anne

 
9780299331207: A Bold Profession: African Nurses in Rural Apartheid South Africa (Women in Africa and the Diaspora)
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ISBN 10: 0299331202 ISBN 13: 9780299331207
Editorial: University of Wisconsin Press, 2021

Sinopsis

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.

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Acerca del autor

Leslie Anne Hadfield is an assistant professor of African history at Brigham Young University. She has published articles in various African history journals. She is the author of Liberation and Development: Black Consciousness Community Programs in South Africa.

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Editorial
University of Wisconsin Press
Año de publicación
2021
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0299331202
ISBN 13 
9780299331207
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Número de páginas
278
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9780299331245: A Bold Profession: African Nurses in Rural Apartheid South Africa (Women in Africa and the Diaspora)

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ISBN 10:  0299331245 ISBN 13:  9780299331245
Editorial: University of Wisconsin Press, 2023
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