Jennifer S. Henke

Gebundenes Buch

Reproduction and the Maternal Body in Literature and Culture

Bodies of Knowledge, 1726-1818

Beschreibung

This book examines a selection of texts to illuminate how midwifery, obstetrics and women's bodies were viewed during the long eighteenth century, and how these material-discursive entanglements between science, medicine, literature and culture have shaped society's views of pregnancy, childbirth and reproduction.

Autor

Jennifer S. Henke is a literary and cultural studies scholar with a PhD from the University of Bremen, Germany, and a Venia Legendi for Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies from the University of Bonn, Germany.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 605g
• ISBN-13: 9781032741703
• ISBN-10: 1032741708
• Artikelnr.: 72598721