| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 240 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-234) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Perryman, Lucrecia
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| SUBJECT |
Perryman, Lucrecia |
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Perryman, Lucrecia fast |
| Subject |
African American midwives -- Alabama -- Mobile -- Biography
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African American mothers -- Social conditions
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Enslaved women -- United States -- Social conditions
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Motherhood -- United States -- History
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Midwifery -- history
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Mothers -- history
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Black or African American -- history
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Maternal Behavior
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Social Problems -- history
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Pregnancy & Childbirth.
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African American midwives
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Motherhood
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Enslaved women -- Social conditions
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Hebamme
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Mutterschaft
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Schwarze Frau
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Archeologie.
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Moederschap.
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Slavernij.
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Zwarten.
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Alabama |
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Alabama -- Mobile
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United States
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Mobile, Ala.
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USA
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Verenigde Staten.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136755453 |
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1136755454 |
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9780203821176 |
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0203821173 |
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9781136755408 |
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1136755403 |
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9781136755446 |
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1136755446 |
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