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Managing motherhood, managing risk : fertility and danger in West Central Tanzania /

From local trial courts to the United States Supreme Court, judges' decisions affect the fates of individual litigants and the fate of the nation as a whole. Scholars have long discussed and debated explanations of judicial behavior. This book examines the major issues in the debates over how b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Allen, Denise Roth, 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2004.
Edición:First paperback edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. Motherhood as a Category of Risk
  • 2. The Colonial Community: Managing Native Motherhood
  • 3. The International Community: Making Motherhood Safe from Afar
  • 4. The National Community: Making Motherhood Safe in Tanzania
  • 5. Situating the Fieldwork Setting: The Shinyanga Region in Historical Perspective
  • 6. The Community of Bulangwa
  • 7. Risk and Tradition
  • 8. The Prenatal Period, Part 1: The Risk of Infertility
  • 9. The Prenatal Period, Part 2: Risks during Pregnancy
  • 10. Risks during Childbirth
  • 11. Risks during the Postpartum Period
  • 12. Risk and Maternal Health
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.