A colonial lexicon of birth ritual, medicalization, and mobility in the Congo
by
 
Hunt, Nancy Rose.

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

Author
: 
Hunt, Nancy Rose.

ISBN
: 
9780822323310
 
9780822323662

Personal Author
: 
Hunt, Nancy Rose.

Publication Information
: 
Durham : Duke University Press, 1999.

Physical Description
: 
xix, 475 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

Corporate Subject
: 
Yakusu (Mission : Congo) -- History.

Subject Term
: 
Birth customs -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
 
Birth customs -- Religious aspects.
 
Childbirth -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
 
Protestant churches -- Missions -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History.

Geographic Term
: 
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social life and customs.


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