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Colonial Lexicon
by Appadurai, Arjun, Comaroff, John L., Farquhar, Judith, Hunt, Nancy Rose, Hunt, Nancy
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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 an…
Colonial relations in Zaire viewed through the attempts of missionaries to impose European midwifery and birthing practices.