ISBN:
1136755454
,
9781136755453
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 240 pages)
,
illustrations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Wilkie, Laurie A., 1968- Archaeology of mothering
Keywords:
Perryman, Lucrecia
;
Perryman, Lucrecia
;
Perryman, Lucrecia
;
African American midwives Biography
;
African American mothers Social conditions
;
Women slaves Social conditions
;
Motherhood History
;
Midwifery history
;
Mothers history
;
African Americans history
;
Maternal Behavior
;
Social Problems history
;
HEALTH & FITNESS ; Pregnancy & Childbirth
;
African American midwives
;
Motherhood
;
Women slaves ; Social conditions
;
Archeologie
;
Negers
;
Moederschap
;
Slavernij
;
Hebamme
;
Mutterschaft
;
Schwarze Frau
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Medical
;
Biographies
;
History
;
Alabama
;
Verenigde Staten
;
Alabama ; Mobile
;
United States
;
Mobile, Ala
;
USA
;
Biography
Abstract:
"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
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-234) and index
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