Discoursing Birthing Care: Experiences from Bangladesh

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"This is a collection of Bengali short stories and poems by some renowned as well as fledgling and experimental writers. The reader will find an accurate and modern translation of their works which have maintained their startling originality of theme and language. The themes of the stories and poems are wide ranging. They deal with rural life, mother-daughter relationship, love, marriage and struggle in the face of overwhelming odds. The selections include sensitive writings which will lead the reader into a world shaped by tradition and patriarchy and should illuminate the conditions in which women write and a sense of the themes and literary modes they draw on or make use of."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kaosar Afsana

Kaosar Asana has been working at BRAC for more than 12 years. She graduated from Dhaka Medical College, Bangladesh and carried out post-graduate studies at Harvard University, USA and Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. Her PhD thesis has received several prestigious awards including the Asian Studies association of Australia's president' Prize for the best thesis on an Asian topic in 2004. Afsana authored a book discoursing Birthing Cara: Experiences from Bangladesh (UPL 2000) and published articles in various journals. Her main areas of interests are reproductive health, gender, health systems and research methodology.