tailieunhanh - African American Midwifery in the South Dialogues of Birth, Race, and Memory
Within the past decade, scholars have begun to reveal the important role African American midwives played in the reproductive experiences of southern women, both black and white. This book is a contribution to the documentation of that African American presence. It is also a requiem to the knowledge, skills, and beliefs that have been lost. If, thanks to the classic movie Gone with the Wind, popular imagery has the African American woman faced with the prospect of having to help deliver a baby being completely hysterical, then recent scholarship counters that portrayal. It instead provides one that illuminates the long competence of such women in reproductive medicine. The full.
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