Managing Motherhood, Managing Risk: Fertility and Danger in West Central Tanzania

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An investigation of the consequences resulting from fertility-related development interventions in Tanzania

Author(s): Denise Roth Allen
Edition: 1st Pbk. Ed
Year: 2004

Language: English
Pages: 328

Contents......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 18
List of Abbreviations......Page 22
1. Motherhood as a Category of Risk......Page 26
2. The Colonial Community: Managing Native Motherhood......Page 44
3. The International Community: Making Motherhood Safe from Afar......Page 60
4. The National Community: Making Motherhood Safe in Tanzania......Page 78
5. Situating the Fieldwork Setting: The Shinyanga Region in Historical Perspective......Page 89
6. The Community of Bulangwa......Page 108
7. Risk and Tradition......Page 132
8. The Prenatal Period, Part 1: The Risk of Infertility......Page 144
9. The Prenatal Period, Part 2: Risks during Pregnancy......Page 175
10. Risks during Childbirth......Page 212
11. Risks during the Postpartum Period......Page 237
12. Risk and Maternal Health......Page 251
Notes......Page 258
References......Page 294
Index......Page 320