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Of Birth Ritual, Medicalization, and Mobility in the Congo

de Nancy Rose Hunt, Arjun Appadurai, John L. Comaroff, Judith Farquhar ...

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A Colonial Lexicon is the first historical investigation of how childbirth became medicalized in Africa. Rejecting the “colonial encounter” paradigm pervasive in current studies, Nancy Rose Hunt elegantly weaves together stories about autopsies and bicycles, obstetric surgery and male initiation, to reveal how concerns about strange new objects and procedures fashioned the hybrid social world of ... Leer más

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Dear Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book

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