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

Hunt, Nancy Rose.

A colonial lexicon of birth ritual, medicalization, and mobility in the Congo. - XIX, 475 p. ill. - Body, commodity, text : studies of objectifying practice .

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Yakusu (Mission : Congo)--History.


Birth customs--Religious aspects
Birth customs--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Childbirth--Religious aspects--Christianity
Protestant churches--Missions--History--Congo (Democratic Republic)
#SBIB:39A73--Etnografie: Afrika--Ethnography: Africa
#SBIB:39A9--Medische antropologie / gezondheid / handicaps--Medical Anthropology / Body / Disability


Congo (Democratic Republic)--Social life and customs.