" 'Birth' is more than the begetting of children and Nancy Rose Hunt's 'colonial lexicon' is much more than a history of medicalized childbearing in the formerly Belgian Congo in colonial and post-colonial times. . . . With erudition and wit Hunt challenges conventional models--be they feminist, obstetric, colonial, missionary, or health-bureaucratic--about what it means to medicalize childbearing."--Barbara Duden, Universitat Hannover
"A highly original study. This book links medical work with maternity work in the context of arguments about gender relations and about feminist perspectives on writing history."-- Gillian Feeley-Harnik, author of "A Green Estate: Restoring Independence in Madagascar
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