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A Colonial Lexicon

- Of Birth Ritual, Medicalization, and Mobility in the Congo

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Investigates how childbirth became medicalized in Africa. Featuring stories about autopsies and bicycles, obstetric surgery and male initiation, this title reveals how concerns about strange objects and procedures fashioned the hybrid social world of colonialism and its aftermath in Mobutu's Zaire.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780822323662
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 496
  • Udgivet:
  • 15. november 1999
  • Størrelse:
  • 238x154x38 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 766 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 9. december 2024

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Investigates how childbirth became medicalized in Africa. Featuring stories about autopsies and bicycles, obstetric surgery and male initiation, this title reveals how concerns about strange objects and procedures fashioned the hybrid social world of colonialism and its aftermath in Mobutu's Zaire.

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