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A colonial lexicon of birth ritual, medicalization, and mobility in the Congo / Nancy Rose Hunt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hunt, Nancy Rose.
- Series:
- Body, commodity, text.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Body, commodity, text
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yakusu (Mission : Congo)--History.
- Yakusu (Mission : Congo).
- Birth customs--Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Birth customs.
- Birth customs--Religious aspects.
- Childbirth--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Childbirth.
- Protestant churches--Missions--Democratic Republic of the Congo--History.
- Protestant churches.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo--Social life and customs.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 475 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Colonial relations in Zaire viewed through the attempts of missionaries to impose European midwifery and birthing practices.
- Contents:
- 1. Crocodiles and wealth
- 2. Doctors and airplanes
- 3. Dining and surgery
- 4. Nurses and bicycles
- 5. Babies and forceps
- 6. Colonial maternities
- 7. Debris
- Departures.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-445) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613062239
- 9780822381365
- 0822381362
- 9781283062237
- 1283062232
- OCLC:
- 823850832
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