Not of Woman Born - Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture

Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski is Distinguished Professor of French at the University of Pittsburgh.

Summary

Examining representations of Caesarean birth in legend and art and tracing its history in medical writing, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski addresses the web of religious, ethical, and cultural questions concerning abdominal delivery in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance...

Product details

• Authors: Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781501740473
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-4047-3
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General