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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 |
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