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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hunt, Nancy Rose
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1999.
Series:Body, commodity, text.
Subjects:
Birth customs > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Birth customs > Religious aspects.
Childbirth > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Yakusu (Mission : Congo) > History.
Protestant churches > Missions > Congo (Democratic Republic) > History.
Congo (Democratic Republic) > Social life and customs.
Description
Physical Description:xix, 475 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [417]-445) and index.
ISBN:0822323311 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822323664 (paper : alk. paper)