Chikotsa—Secrets, Silence, and Hiding: Social Risk and Reproductive Vulnerability in Central Mozambique.
In this article, I examine pregnancy narratives and patterns of reproductive health seeking among women of fertile age in central Mozambique. I map the interplay between gendered economic marginalization, maternal risk perceptions, and pregnancy management strategies. By interpreting my data in ligh...
| Publicado en: | Medical Anthropology Quarterly Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 487 - 516 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
December 2006
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