Safe in a Midwife's Hands: Birthing Traditions from Africa to the American South

Author:   Linda Janet Holmes
Publisher:   Ohio State University Press
ISBN:  

9780814258668


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   07 June 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Linda Janet Holmes
Publisher:   Ohio State University Press
Imprint:   Ohio State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.30cm
Weight:   0.277kg
ISBN:  

9780814258668


ISBN 10:   0814258662
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   07 June 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Through in-depth interviews and driven by personal passion and experience, Linda Janet Holmes weaves together the histories of African and African American midwives to share an undertold story of birthing traditions and justice. --Linda Villarosa, author of Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation


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Linda Janet Holmes is an independent scholar, the former director of New Jersey's Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, and a women's health activist. Her writing--including articles in medical and feminist journals--has contributed to a resurgence of international recognition of the significance of African American midwifery practices. She is the coauthor (with Margaret Charles Smith) of Listen to Me Good: The Story of an Alabama Midwife, author of A Joyous Revolt: Toni Cade Bambara, Writer and Activist, and coeditor (with Cheryl A. Wall) of Savoring the Salt: The Legacy of Toni Cade Bambara. She lives in Hampton, Virginia.

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