Granny Midwives and Black Women Writers: Double-Dutched Readings by Valerie Lee, Routledge

Granny Midwives and Black Women Writers: Double-Dutched Readings

Valerie Lee, Routledge

224 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective slow-paced
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Midwives, women healers and root workers have been central figures in the African American folk traditions. Particularly in Black communities in the rural south, these women served vital social, cultural and political functions. It was believed th...

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