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Managing motherhood, managing risk : fertility and danger in West Central Tanzania / Denise Roth Allen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Denise Roth, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Childbirth--Tanzania.
- Childbirth.
- Pregnancy--Tanzania.
- Pregnancy.
- Mothers--Mortality--Tanzania.
- Mothers.
- Mothers--Mortality.
- Maternal health services.
- Maternal and infant welfare.
- Tanzania.
- Maternal and infant welfare--Tanzania.
- Maternal health services--Tanzania.
- Maternal Welfare.
- Maternal Health Services.
- Pregnancy Complications--mortality.
- Risk Factors.
- Medical Subjects:
- Maternal Welfare.
- Tanzania.
- Maternal Health Services.
- Pregnancy Complications--mortality.
- Risk Factors.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 303 pages) : illustrations, map
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2002.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- An investigation of the consequences resulting from fertility-related development interventions in Tanzania.
- Contents:
- 1 Motherhood as a Category of Risk 1
- 2 The Colonial Community: Managing Native Motherhood 19
- 3 The International Community: Making Motherhood Safe from Afar 35
- 4 The National Community: Making Motherhood Safe in Tanzania 53
- 5 Situating the Fieldwork Setting: The Shinyanga Region in Historical Perspective 64
- 6 The Community of Bulangwa 83
- 7 Risk and Tradition 107
- 8 The Prenatal Period, Part 1: The Risk of Infertility 119
- 9 The Prenatal Period, Part 2: Risks during Pregnancy 150
- 10 Risks during Childbirth 187
- 11 Risks during the Postpartum Period 212
- 12 Risk and Maternal Health 226.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-293) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 0472112848
- 9780472022588
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.17005
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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