Born to a changing world : childbirth in nineteenth-century New Zealand / / Alison Clarke

• Autore: Clarke Alison
• Pubblicazione: Wellington, New Zealand : , : Bridget Williams Books, , 2013; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (389 p.)
• Disciplina: 618.20993
• Soggetto topico: Childbirth - New Zealand - History - 19th century; Childbirth - History - New Zealand; Infants - Care - New Zealand - History - 19th century; Whānau (Wāhine)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Pēpē; Whānau (Wāhine)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Open air and the Whare Kōhanga: Māori birth ways -- 2. Lying in: Pākehā birth ways -- 3. 'Destitute and ailing': giving birth in hospital -- 4. 'What beautiful children these are!': clothing the baby -- 5. From wet nursing to condensed milk: changes in infant feeding -- 6. Christening, churching and circumcision: the religious rituals of childbirth -- 7. 'The angel of death was waiting for them': maternal illness and death -- 8. 'She has no baby now to call her mother' : infant death -- Appendix: Court cases.
• Sommario/riassunto: Emerging from diaries, letters and memoirs, the 'voices' of this history tell of new life amidst a turbulent world. Tracing Maori and Pakeha experience, the narrative is centred on mothers, their babies and families: this is their history.
• Titolo autorizzato: Born to a changing world
• ISBN: 1-927327-23-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817870403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II