an African-American midwife's tale
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Wilkie, Laurie A.
- Publish Year
- 2003
- Shelfmark
- B4703 - B
- Thesaurus
- zwarte vrouwen, verloskundigen, moederschap, slavernij, archeologie, Verenigde Staten, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw
- Description
- Using archaeological materials recovered from a housesite in Mobile, Alabama, Laurie Wilkie explores how one extended African-American family engaged in conflicting ideas about motherhood in the post-Emancipation South. The female head of this household, Lucretia Perryman, turned to midwifery to support her family and as a midwife, became a vehicle for transmitting cultural, social, and political knowledge to a broader African-American community.