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Author Hunt, Nancy Rose.

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

Imprint Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1999.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xix, 475 p. : ill.
Series Body, commodity, text
Body, commodity, text.
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-445) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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 customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780822381365
0822381362
0822323664 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822323662 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822323311 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822323310 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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