A colonial lexicon of birth ritual, medicalization, and mobility in the Congo / / Nancy Rose Hunt
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| Autore: |
Hunt Nancy Rose
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| Titolo: |
A colonial lexicon of birth ritual, medicalization, and mobility in the Congo / / Nancy Rose Hunt
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| Pubblicazione: | Durham, NC : , : Duke University Press, , 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xix, 475 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 392.1/2/096751 |
| Soggetto topico: | Birth customs - Congo (Democratic Republic) |
| Birth customs - Religious aspects | |
| Childbirth - Religious aspects - Christianity | |
| Protestant churches - Missions - Congo (Democratic Republic) - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Congo (Democratic Republic) Social life and customs |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-445) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Colonial relations in Zaire viewed through the attempts of missionaries to impose European midwifery and birthing practices. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Colonial lexicon of birth ritual, medicalization, and mobility in the Congo |
| ISBN: | 9786613062239 |
| 0-8223-8136-2 | |
| 1-283-06223-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784604603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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