The Archaeology of Mothering
Laurie A. Wilkie · 2003
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"Using archaeological materials recovered from a housesite in Mobile, Alabama, Laurie Wilkie explores how one extended African-American family engaged with competing and conflicting mothering ideologies in the post-Emancipation South. The female head of this household, Lucrecia Perryman, turned to midwifery to support her family and as a midwife, became a vehicle for transmitting cultural, social, and political knowledge to the broader African-American community. As this compelling work moves outward, beginning with the site and its one-time occupants, the story continues to widen, broadening to midwifery in general, and finally mediating on the ideology of mothering."--Publisher.
Book details
- Year
- 2003
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN
- 9780415945707
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