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   “We wait to become”: The politics of selfhood, culture and control in waiting mothers’ shelters

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Brenda Muchabveyo --- University of Free State, South Africa

   In this article, I explore how cultural norms, bodily autonomy and institutional control intersect in shaping maternal care in a waiting mothers’ shelter (WMS) in Mawadza, a rural community in Mutasa District, Zimbabwe. Looking through a symbolic interactionist lens, I...

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