Birthing the nation : sex, science, and the conception of eighteenth-century Britons /
Birthing the Nation analyses two intertwined narratives that shaped eighteenth-century British life: the development of the modern British state, and the emergence of the man-midwife as the pre-eminent authority over sex and childbirth. By exploring peculiar episodes in the history of the reproducti...
| Основен автор: | Cody, Lisa Forman. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=191281 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Birthing the nation. |
| Резюме: |
Birthing the Nation analyses two intertwined narratives that shaped eighteenth-century British life: the development of the modern British state, and the emergence of the man-midwife as the pre-eminent authority over sex and childbirth. By exploring peculiar episodes in the history of the reproductive body and the body politic, from stories of pregnant men to rumours that a midwife had foisted a 'suppositious' child on the nation as the Prince of Wales, this original and. provocative work proposes how national, religious, ethnic, and gendered identities were experienced through and symbolized. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xx, 353 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-335) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780191514975 0191514977 9780199268641 0199268649 1280841052 9781280841057 |