The female body in medicine and literature [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew Mangham, Greta Depledge |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 809.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ManghamAndrew <1979->
DepledgeGreta |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - History and criticism
Women in literature Human body in literature Medicine in literature Literature and medicine - History Gynecology - Great Britain - History Gynecology - Study and teaching - History Obstetrics - Great Britain - History Women's health services - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-78138-654-4
1-84631-628-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 'Difficulties, at present in no Degree clear'd up': The Controversial Mother, 1600-1800; 3 Monstrous Issues: The Uterus as Riddle in Early Modern Medical Texts; 4 Surveilling the Secrets of the Female Body: The Contest for Reproductive Authority in the Popular Press of the Seventeenth Century; 5 'Made in Imitation of Real Women and Children': Obstetrical Machines in Eighteenth-Century Britain
6 Transcending the Sexed Body: Reason, Sympathy, and 'Thinking Machines' in the Debates over Male Midwifery7 Emma Martin and the Manhandled Womb in Early Victorian England; 8 Narrating the Victorian Vagina: Charlotte Brontë and the Masturbating Woman; 9 'Those Parts Peculiar to Her Organization': Some Observations on the History of Pelvimetry, a Nearly Forgotten Obstetric Sub-speciality; 10 'She read on more eagerly, almost breathlessly': Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Challenge to Medical Depictions of Female Masturbation in The Doctor''s Wife 11 Mrs Robinson's 'Day-book of Iniquity': Reading Bodies of/and Evidence in the Context of the 1858 Medical Reform Act12 Rebecca's Womb: Irony and Gynaecology in Rebecca; 13 Representations of Illegal Abortionists in England, 1900-1967; 14 Afterword: Reading History and/as Vision; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456912403321 |
Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2011 | ||
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The female body in medicine and literature / / edited by Andrew Mangham and Greta Depledge [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 231 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 820.93522 |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - History and criticism
Women in literature Human body in literature Medicine in literature Literature and medicine - History Gynecology - Great Britain - History Gynecology - Study and teaching - History Obstetrics - Great Britain - History Women's health services - History |
ISBN |
1-78138-654-4
1-84631-628-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; Introduction / Andrew Mangham and Greta Depledge -- 'Difficulties, at present in no Degree clear'd up': the controversial mother, 1600-1800 / Carolyn D. Williams -- Monstrous issues: the uterus as riddle in early modern medical texts / Lori Schroeder Haslem -- Surveilling the secrets of the female body: the contest for reproductive authority in the popular press of the seventeenth century / Susan C. Staub -- 'Made in imitation of real women and children':obstetrical machines in eighteenth-century Britain / Pam Lieske -- Transcending the sexed body: reason, sympathy, and 'thinking machines' in the debates over male midwifery / Sheena Sommers -- Emma Martin and the manhandled womb in early Victorian England / Dominic Janes -- Narrating the Victorian vagina: Charlotte Brontë and the masturbating woman / Emma L.E. Rees -- 'Those parts peculiar to her organization': some observations on the history of pelvimetry, a nearly forgotten obstetric sub-specialty / Joanna Grant -- 'She read on more eagerly, almost breathlessly': Mary Elizabeth Braddon's challenge to medical depictions of female masturbation in The doctor's wife / Laurie Garrison -- Mrs. Robinson's 'Day-book of iniquity': reading bodies of/and evidence in the context of the 1858 Medical Reform Act / Janice M. Allan -- Rebecca's womb: irony and gynaecology in Rebecca / Madeleine K. Davies -- Representations of illegal abortionists in England, 1900-1967 / Emma L. Jones -- Afterword: reading history as/and vision / Karin Lesnik-Oberstein. |
Altri titoli varianti | The Female Body in Medicine & Literature |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781377603321 |
Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The female body in medicine and literature / / edited by Andrew Mangham and Greta Depledge [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 231 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 820.93522 |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - History and criticism
Women in literature Human body in literature Medicine in literature Literature and medicine - History Gynecology - Great Britain - History Gynecology - Study and teaching - History Obstetrics - Great Britain - History Women's health services - History |
ISBN |
1-78138-654-4
1-84631-628-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; Introduction / Andrew Mangham and Greta Depledge -- 'Difficulties, at present in no Degree clear'd up': the controversial mother, 1600-1800 / Carolyn D. Williams -- Monstrous issues: the uterus as riddle in early modern medical texts / Lori Schroeder Haslem -- Surveilling the secrets of the female body: the contest for reproductive authority in the popular press of the seventeenth century / Susan C. Staub -- 'Made in imitation of real women and children':obstetrical machines in eighteenth-century Britain / Pam Lieske -- Transcending the sexed body: reason, sympathy, and 'thinking machines' in the debates over male midwifery / Sheena Sommers -- Emma Martin and the manhandled womb in early Victorian England / Dominic Janes -- Narrating the Victorian vagina: Charlotte Brontë and the masturbating woman / Emma L.E. Rees -- 'Those parts peculiar to her organization': some observations on the history of pelvimetry, a nearly forgotten obstetric sub-specialty / Joanna Grant -- 'She read on more eagerly, almost breathlessly': Mary Elizabeth Braddon's challenge to medical depictions of female masturbation in The doctor's wife / Laurie Garrison -- Mrs. Robinson's 'Day-book of iniquity': reading bodies of/and evidence in the context of the 1858 Medical Reform Act / Janice M. Allan -- Rebecca's womb: irony and gynaecology in Rebecca / Madeleine K. Davies -- Representations of illegal abortionists in England, 1900-1967 / Emma L. Jones -- Afterword: reading history as/and vision / Karin Lesnik-Oberstein. |
Altri titoli varianti | The Female Body in Medicine & Literature |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824054303321 |
Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reproducing women [[electronic resource] ] : medicine, metaphor, and childbirth in late imperial China / / Yi-Li Wu |
Autore | Wu Yi-Li <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.198/400951 |
Soggetto topico |
Childbirth - China - History
Women's health services - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-73255-2
9786612732553 0-520-94761-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Late Imperial Fuke and the Literate Medical Tradition -- 2. Amateur as Arbiter: Popular Fuke Manuals in the Qing -- 3. Function and Structure in the Female Body -- 4. An Uncertain Harvest: Pregnancy and Miscarriage -- 5. "Born Like a Lamb": The Discourse of Cosmologically Resonant Childbirth -- 6. To Generate and Transform: Strategies for Postpartum Health -- Epilogue: Body, Gender, and Medical Legitimacy -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459233903321 |
Wu Yi-Li <1965->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Reproducing women [[electronic resource] ] : medicine, metaphor, and childbirth in late imperial China / / Yi-Li Wu |
Autore | Wu Yi-Li <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.198/400951 |
Soggetto topico |
Childbirth - China - History
Women's health services - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
17th century
18th century 19th century childbearing childbirth china chinese culture chinese history conception cultural history dangers of childbirth development of medicine fuke health issues historical periods historical perspective ideological issues late imperial china late imperial medicine medical writings medicine miscarriage nonfiction pregnancy qing dynasty reproductive diseases women womens bodies womens issues womens medicine |
ISBN |
1-282-73255-2
9786612732553 0-520-94761-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Late Imperial Fuke and the Literate Medical Tradition -- 2. Amateur as Arbiter: Popular Fuke Manuals in the Qing -- 3. Function and Structure in the Female Body -- 4. An Uncertain Harvest: Pregnancy and Miscarriage -- 5. "Born Like a Lamb": The Discourse of Cosmologically Resonant Childbirth -- 6. To Generate and Transform: Strategies for Postpartum Health -- Epilogue: Body, Gender, and Medical Legitimacy -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785269403321 |
Wu Yi-Li <1965->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reproducing women : medicine, metaphor, and childbirth in late imperial China / / Yi-Li Wu |
Autore | Wu Yi-Li <1965-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.198/400951 |
Soggetto topico |
Childbirth - China - History
Women's health services - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
17th century
18th century 19th century childbearing childbirth china chinese culture chinese history conception cultural history dangers of childbirth development of medicine fuke health issues historical periods historical perspective ideological issues late imperial china late imperial medicine medical writings medicine miscarriage nonfiction pregnancy qing dynasty reproductive diseases women womens bodies womens issues womens medicine |
ISBN |
1-282-73255-2
9786612732553 0-520-94761-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Late Imperial Fuke and the Literate Medical Tradition -- 2. Amateur as Arbiter: Popular Fuke Manuals in the Qing -- 3. Function and Structure in the Female Body -- 4. An Uncertain Harvest: Pregnancy and Miscarriage -- 5. "Born Like a Lamb": The Discourse of Cosmologically Resonant Childbirth -- 6. To Generate and Transform: Strategies for Postpartum Health -- Epilogue: Body, Gender, and Medical Legitimacy -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996247974903316 |
Wu Yi-Li <1965->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Reproducing women : medicine, metaphor, and childbirth in late imperial China / / Yi-Li Wu |
Autore | Wu Yi-Li <1965-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.198/400951 |
Soggetto topico |
Childbirth - China - History
Women's health services - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
17th century
18th century 19th century childbearing childbirth china chinese culture chinese history conception cultural history dangers of childbirth development of medicine fuke health issues historical periods historical perspective ideological issues late imperial china late imperial medicine medical writings medicine miscarriage nonfiction pregnancy qing dynasty reproductive diseases women womens bodies womens issues womens medicine |
ISBN |
1-282-73255-2
9786612732553 0-520-94761-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Late Imperial Fuke and the Literate Medical Tradition -- 2. Amateur as Arbiter: Popular Fuke Manuals in the Qing -- 3. Function and Structure in the Female Body -- 4. An Uncertain Harvest: Pregnancy and Miscarriage -- 5. "Born Like a Lamb": The Discourse of Cosmologically Resonant Childbirth -- 6. To Generate and Transform: Strategies for Postpartum Health -- Epilogue: Body, Gender, and Medical Legitimacy -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824535103321 |
Wu Yi-Li <1965->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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