Pregnancy, Delivery, Childbirth
A Gender and Cultural History from Antiquity to the Test Tube in Europe
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ISBN-13:
9780367211073
Veröffentl:
2020
Erscheinungsdatum:
13.07.2020
Seiten:
340
Autor:
Nadia Filippini
Gewicht:
660 g
Format:
240x162x26 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book reconstructs the history of conception, pregnancy and childbirth in Europe from antiquity to the Twentieth century, focusing on its most significant turning points. It explores a history, that far from being linear, progressive or homogeneous, is characterised by significant continuities as well as transformations.
Introduction; Part I: Cultural representations; 1. Gender dichotomies; Part II: Giving birth and being born from antiquity to the 18th century; 2. Pregnancy; 3. Childbirth; 4. Birth and post-natal period; 5. Social birth; 6. The midwife; Part III: The 18th-century juncture; 7. The institutionalisation of midwives; 8. Man-midwives on the childbirth scene; 9. Lying-in hospitals; 10. The "foetus-as-citizen"; Part IV: The contemporary age; 11. The many revolutions of the 20th century; Bibliography; Index
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