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A Colonial Lexicon of Birth Ritual, Medicalization, and Mobility in the Congo (2000)

Hunt, Nancy Rose (Author)

Duke University Press

Publication Date: 2000
Physical Details: xx + 475 pp., illus., figs., app., bibl., index
Language: English

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Medicine Medicine, traditional Childbirth Obstetrics and pregnancy Great Britain, colonies Medicalization 19th century Africa

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Review Gruenbaum, Ellen (2004) Review of "A Colonial Lexicon of Birth Ritual, Medicalization, and Mobility in the Congo". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 317). unapi

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