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A Colonial Lexicon

Of Birth Ritual, Medicalization, And Mobility In The Congo

by Nancy Rose Hunt
language: english
Publisher: DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS, November of 1999 ‧
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Rejecting the "colonial encounter" paradigm pervasive in current studies, this title 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 colonialism and its aftermath in Mobutu's Zaire.

A Colonial Lexicon

Of Birth Ritual, Medicalization, And Mobility In The Congo

by Nancy Rose Hunt

Property Description
ISBN: 9780822323310
Publisher: DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: November of 1999
Language: English
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 496
Format: Book
Collection: Body, Commodity, Text
Categories: Books in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Sociology
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780822323310

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