Conceiving Bodies Reproduction in Early Medieval English Medicine

The Old English remedies for women's reproductive ailments gesture to contemporary notions of bodily autonomy. Close examination of the remedies for menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, stillbirth, and abortion reveal distinctions among them, where previously they were understood reductively as women's medicine.

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Dana Oswald is Associate Professor of Literatures and Languages at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside

Riassunto

The Old English remedies for women’s reproductive ailments gesture to contemporary notions of bodily autonomy. Close examination of the remedies for menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, stillbirth, and abortion reveal distinctions among them, where previously they were understood reductively as women’s medicine. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dana Oswald
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 01.06.2024
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica
• EAN: 9781526176882
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-7688-2
• Numero di pagine: 232
• Serie: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
• Categorie: Menstruation, England, childbirth, English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, MEDICAL / History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, HISTORY / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), History of Medicine, Medieval History, Pregnancy, British & Irish history, Reproductive Medicine, Fertility, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Medical Humanities, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Gender studies: women, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Gender studies: women and girls, Philology, Medieval Literature, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Miscarriage, Infertility, Old English, Women's Medicine, Medical texts, medieval medicine, Women’s medicine, early medieval, prognostics, women’s bodies, reproductive ailments, reproductive bodies, reproductive processes, medical remedies, medieval penitential, Old English medical remedies, early medieval English, hysteric philology, Old English medical tradition, women’s reproductive medicine, penitentials