| Description |
xxii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-184) and index. |
| Contents |
Korogocho: massage techniques, spiritual cleansings, urban gardens -- Baringo County: naming traditions, pouring libations, preparing fermented milk -- Wolaita Sodo: caretakers of the process -- Afar: timeless bonds, smoking the mother, extended care -- Kpana: healing plants, upright birthing, afterbirth ceremony -- Ejura: lineage apprenticeships, spiritual cleansings, born with the gift -- Montgomery: massage, birthing prayers, burial of the placenta -- Lowndes County: medicinal herbs, dirt dauber tea, craving earth -- Selma, Dallas County: outdooring ceremony, keeping a birth fire, elements of protection -- Mobile and beyond: advisors, advocates, lifetime caregivers -- Hampton to Charlottesville: rebirthing midwife traditions -- Epilogue: Unearthing Black midwife stories. |
| Summary |
"Based on interviews the author conducted with Black midwives in Ghana, Ethiopia, and Kenya as well as in the American South, details the parallels between African and Black American birthing traditions that have survived hundreds of years of colonization, slavery, and Jim Crow"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Birth customs -- Africa.
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Birth customs -- Southern States.
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Midwives -- Africa -- Interviews.
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African American midwives -- Southern States -- Interviews.
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African American midwives. (OCoLC)fst00799263
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Birth customs. (OCoLC)fst00833248
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Midwives. (OCoLC)fst01020625
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Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
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Southern States. (OCoLC)fst01244550
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| Genre/Form |
Interviews. (OCoLC)fst01423832
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| ISBN |
9780814258668 (paperback) |
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0814258662 (paperback) |
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9780814282793 (ebook) |
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0814282792 (ebook) |
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