A colonial lexicon of birth ritual, medicalization, and mobility in the Congo

A colonial lexicon of birth ritual, medicalization, and mobility in the Congo /

Colonial relations in Zaire viewed through the attempts of missionaries to impose European midwifery and birthing practices.

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Main Author:	Hunt, Nancy Rose
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1999
Series:	Body, commodity, text.
Subjects:	Yakusu (Mission : Congo) > History. Birth customs > Congo (Democratic Republic) Birth customs > Religious aspects. Childbirth > Religious aspects > Christianity. Protestant churches > Missions > Congo (Democratic Republic) > History. Culture. Labor, Obstetric > ethnology Colonialism > history Culture Missions and Missionaries > history Vocabulary culture note. culture (concept) Congo (Democratic Republic) > Social life and customs. Democratic Republic of the Congo
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

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