Jennifer F. Kosmin (USA Bucknell University)

Broschiertes Buch

Authority, Gender, and Midwifery in Early Modern Italy

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Beschreibung

This book explores attempts by church, state, and medical authorities to regulate and professionalize the practice of midwifery in Italy from the late sixteenth to the late eighteenth century. It will be of interest to scholars of the history of medicine, religious history, social history and Early Modern Italy.

Autor

Jennifer F. Kosmin is Assistant Professor of History at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, USA. Her research focuses on the intersections of the history of medicine, gender history, the history of the body, and the popular display and study of anatomy in eighteenth-century Italy.

Produktdetails

• The History of Medicine in Context
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9780367520236
• ISBN-10: 0367520230
• Artikelnr.: 64221754