{"product_id":"progressive-mothers-better-babies-okezi-t-otovo-9781477309056","title":"Progressive Mothers, Better Babies: Race, Public Health, and the State in Brazil, 1850-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Bahia, Brazil, the decades following emancipation saw the rise of reformers who sought to reshape the citizenry by educating Bahian women in methods for raising \"better babies.\" The idealized Brazilian would be better equipped to contribute to the labor and organizational needs of a modern nation. Backed by many physicians, politicians, and intellectuals, the resulting welfare programs for mothers and children mirrored complex debates about Brazilian nationality. Examining the local and national contours of this movement, \u003ci\u003eProgressive Mothers, Better Babies\u003c\/i\u003e investigates families, medical institutions, state-building, and social stratification to trace the resulting policies, which gathered momentum in the aftermath of abolition (1888) and the declaration of the First Republic (1889), culminating during the administration of President Get伃io Vargas (1930-1945).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the cultural discourses on race, gender, and poverty that permeated medical knowledge and the public health system for almost a century, Okezi T. Otovo draws on extensive archival research to reconstruct the implications for Bahia, where family patronage politics governed poor women's labor as the mothers who were the focus of medical interventions were often the nannies and nursemaids of society's wealthier families. The book reveals key transition points as the state of Bahia transformed from being a place where poor families could expect few social services to becoming the home of numerous programs targeting the poorest mothers and their children. Negotiating crucial questions of identity, this history sheds new light on larger debates about Brazil's past and future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Okezi T. Otovo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477309055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477309056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Okezi T. Otovo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073003876607,"sku":"9781477309056","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c6a5898a-fc67-4009-895a-373640401d52.jpg?v=1685445230","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/progressive-mothers-better-babies-okezi-t-otovo-9781477309056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}