Abortion and Contraception in Modern Greece, 1830-1967 - Medicine, Sexuality and Popular Culture (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)

The book examines the history of abortion and contraception in Modern Greece from the time of its creation in the 1830s to 1967, soon after the Pill became available. It situates the history of abortion and contraception within the historiography of the fertility decline and the question of whether the decline was due to adjustment to changing social conditions or innovation of contraceptive methods. The study reveals that all methods had been in use for other purposes before they were employed as contraceptives. For example, Greek women were employing emmenagogues well before fertility was controlled; they did so in order to 'put themselves right' and to enhance their fertility. When they needed to control their fertility, they employed abortifacients, some of which were also emmenagogues, while others had been used as expellants in earlier times. Curettage was also employed since the late nineteenth century as a cure for sterility; once couples desired to control their fertility curettage was employed to procure abortion. Thus couples did not need to innovate but rather had to repurpose old methods and materials to new birth control methods. Furthermore, the role of physicians was found to have been central in advising and encouraging the use of birth control for 'health' reasons, thus facilitating and speeding fertility decline in Greece. All this occurred against the backdrop of a state and a church that were at times neutral and at other times disapproving of fertility control.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History
Release date:	May 2021
First published:	2020
Authors:	Violetta Hionidou
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	361
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-041492-4
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Abortion Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	3-03-041492-2
Barcode:	9783030414924

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