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The archaeology of mothering [electronic resource] : an African-American midwife's tale / Laurie A. Wilkie

Author:
Wilkie, Laurie A., 1968-
Published:
New York : Routledge, 2003.
Physical Description:
xxix, 240 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Contents:
Why an archaeology of mothering? -- The Perryman family of Mobile -- Narrative interlude -- African-American mothering and enslavement -- Narrative interlude -- Mothering and domesticity in freedom: ideology and practice -- Narrative interlude -- Midwifery as mother's work -- Narrative interlude -- To mother or not to mother -- Narrative interlude -- Midwifery and scientific mothering -- Narrative interlude -- Conclusions: the many ideologies of African-American motherhood.
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ISBN:
0415945690 (Hardcover : alk. paper)
0415945704 (Paperback : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-234) and index.
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