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Author Fraser, Gertrude Jacinta.

Title African American midwifery in the South : dialogues of birth, race, and memory / Gertrude Jacinta Fraser.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 287 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-282) and index.
Contents I. The Body Politic. 1. Introduction. 2. Midwives and the Body Politic. 3. Race and Regulation. 4. Race and Mortality -- II. Authoritative Knowledge. 5. Nurses and Midwives in the Classroom. 6. The Logic of Prenatal Care -- III. Memory and Experience. 7. On Silence and Memory. 8. Changed Bodies, Changed Communities. 9. The Social Context of Midwifery. 10. Pregnancy and Birthing. 11. The Postpartum. 12. Conclusion.
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Subject African American midwives -- Virginia -- History -- 20th century.
African American midwives.
Virginia.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Midwifery -- Virginia -- History -- 20th century.
Midwifery.
Childbirth -- Virginia -- History -- 20th century.
Childbirth.
Midwifery -- history.
Black or African American.
History, 20th Century.
Virginia.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Fraser, Gertrude Jacinta. African American midwifery in the South. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998 9780674008526 (DLC) 97038661 (OCoLC)37748509
ISBN 9780674037205 (electronic book)
0674037200 (electronic book)
9780674008526
0674008529