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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455071903321

Autore

Fraser Gertrude Jacinta

Titolo

African American midwifery in the South [[electronic resource] ] : dialogues of birth, race, and memory / / Gertrude Jacinta Fraser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-674-03720-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Disciplina

618.2/0233

Soggetti

African American midwives - Virginia - History - 20th century

Midwifery - Virginia - History - 20th century

Childbirth - Virginia - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- African American Midwifery in the South -- Prologue -- I THE BODY POLITIC -- II AUTHORITATIVE KNOWLEDGE -- III MEMORY AND EXPERIENCE -- Notes -- References -- Index