A colonial lexicon of birth ritual, medicalization, and mobility in the Congo / Nancy Rose Hunt.

Woodblock for a chapbook illustration published in The Miracle of Miracles, 1715.

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Childbirth - Religious aspects - Christianity

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A colonial lexicon of birth ritual, medicalization, and mobility in the Congo / Nancy Rose Hunt.

Woodblock for a chapbook illustration published in The Miracle of Miracles, 1715.