Pregnancy, Delivery, Childbirth - A Gender and Cultural History from Antiquity to the Test Tube in Europe (Paperback)

This book reconstructs the history of conception, pregnancy and childbirth in Europe from antiquity to the 20th century, focusing on its most significant turning points: the emergence of a medical-scientific approach to delivery in Ancient Greece, the impact of Christianity, the establishment of the man-midwife in the 18th century, the medicalisation of childbirth, the emergence of a new representation of the foetus as "unborn citizen", and, finally, the revolution of reproductive technologies. The book explores a history that, far from being linear, progressive or homogeneous, is characterised by significant continuities as well as transformations. The ways in which a woman gives birth and lives her pregnancy and the postpartum period are the result of a complex series of factors. The book therefore places these events in their wider cultural, social and religious contexts, which influenced the forms taken by rituals and therapeutic practices, religious and civil prescriptions and the regulation of the female body. The investigation of this complex experience represents a crucial contribution to cultural, social and gender history, as well as an indispensable tool for understanding today's reality. It will be of great use to undergraduates studying the history of childbirth, the history of medicine, the history of the body, as well as women's and gender history more broadly.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Nadia Filippini
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	324
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-21108-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Paediatric medicine > Neonatal medicine Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-367-21108-4
Barcode:	9780367211080

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