A colonial lexicon of birth ritual, medicalization, and mobility in the Congo [electronic resource] / Nancy Rose Hunt.

By: Hunt, Nancy RoseContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Body, commodity, text | e-Duke books scholarly collectionPublication details: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1999Description: xix, 475 p. : illSubject(s): Yakusu (Mission : Congo) -- History | Birth customs -- Congo (Democratic Republic) | Birth customs -- Religious aspects | Childbirth -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Protestant churches -- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History | Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.LOC classification: GT2465.C74 | H85 1999Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-445) and index.

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.

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