02805nam 22007454a 450 991078460460332120230313193046.097866130622390-8223-8136-21-283-06223-210.1515/9780822381365(CKB)1000000000397679(EBL)1167560(OCoLC)823850832(SSID)ssj0000391780(PQKBManifestationID)11285935(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000391780(PQKBWorkID)10359721(PQKB)11621415(OCoLC)245538655(MiAaPQ)EBC1167560(OCoLC)1139357747(MdBmJHUP)muse79202245538655(DE-B1597)553754(DE-B1597)9780822381365(OCoLC)1058561519(dli)HEB02610(MiU)MIU01000000000000005549323(EXLCZ)99100000000039767920080905d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA colonial lexicon of birth ritual, medicalization, and mobility in the Congo /Nancy Rose HuntDurham, NC :Duke University Press,1999.1 online resource (xix, 475 pages) illustrations, mapsBody, commodity, textBody, commodity, textDescription based upon print version of record.0-8223-2366-4 0-8223-2331-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-445) and index.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.Colonial relations in Zaire viewed through the attempts of missionaries to impose European midwifery and birthing practices.Body, commodity, text.Birth customsCongo (Democratic Republic)Birth customsReligious aspectsChildbirthReligious aspectsChristianityProtestant churchesMissionsCongo (Democratic Republic)HistoryCongo (Democratic Republic)Social life and customsBirth customsBirth customsReligious aspects.ChildbirthReligious aspectsChristianity.Protestant churchesMissionsHistory.392.1/2/096751Hunt Nancy Rose1068971NcDNcDBOOK9910784604603321Colonial lexicon of birth ritual, medicalization, and mobility in the Congo2554140UNINA