Nancy Rose Hunt

A Colonial Lexicon

Of Birth Ritual, Medicalization, and Mobility in the Congo

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"A highly original study. This book links medical work with maternity work in the context of arguments about gender relations and about feminist perspectives on writing history."--Gillian Feeley-Harnik, author of "A Green Estate: Restoring Independence in Madagascar"

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 1999
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 1166g
• ISBN-13: 9780822323310
• ISBN-10: 0822323311
• Artikelnr.: 42990373

Autorenporträt

Nancy Rose Hunt is Assistant Professor of History and Obstetrics/Gynecology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is a coeditor of Gendered Colonialisms in African History.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
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
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index