Birthing the Nation - Sex, Science, and the Conception of Eighteenth-Century Britons

Zusatztext Cody straddles some of the most significant and distinctive themes of the long eighteenth century ... [she] teases out a novel interpretation of a well-rehearsed medical development! and presents it in a way which cannot help but have impact on the reader. Informationen zum Autor Lisa Forman Cody is Associate Professor of History at Claremont McKenna College. Klappentext Lisa Cody analyses two intertwined eighteenth-century phenomena: the development of the modern British state, and the emergence of the man-midwife as the chief authority over sex and childbirth. This provocative work proposes how national, religious, ethnic, and gendered identities were experienced through and symbolized by birth and midwifery. Zusammenfassung Lisa Cody analyses two intertwined eighteenth-century phenomena: the development of the modern British state, and the emergence of the man-midwife as the chief authority over sex and childbirth. This provocative work proposes how national, religious, ethnic, and gendered identities were experienced through and symbolized by birth and midwifery.

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• Authors: Dr. Lisa Forman Cody, Lisa Forman Cody, Lisa Forman (Associate Professor Cody
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2008
• EAN: 9780199541409
• ISBN: 978-0-19-954140-9
• No. of pages: 353
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Science, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, C 1700 To C 1800