Ornella Moscucci, Moscucci Ornella
The Science of Woman
Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800 1929
Herausgeber: Rosenberg, Charles
Ornella Moscucci, Moscucci Ornella
The Science of Woman
Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800 1929
Herausgeber: Rosenberg, Charles
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This book argues that the definition of femininity as propounded by gynaecological science is a cultural product of a wider, more political context.
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This book argues that the definition of femininity as propounded by gynaecological science is a cultural product of a wider, more political context.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 292
- Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2005
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
- Gewicht: 478g
- ISBN-13: 9780521447959
- ISBN-10: 052144795X
- Artikelnr.: 22252659
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 292
- Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2005
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
- Gewicht: 478g
- ISBN-13: 9780521447959
- ISBN-10: 052144795X
- Artikelnr.: 22252659
Introduction
Part I. The Problem of Femininity: 1. Woman's sexuality and population concerns
2. Woman's place in nature
3. Nature and the environment
4. A theory of femininity
5. Physiology and social roles
Part II. Men-Midwives and Medicine: The Origins of a Profession: 6. Midwives and accoucheurs
7. The 'obstetric revolution' and eighteenth-century medical politics
8. The nineteenth century: obstetrics, gynaecology and general practice
9. Educated accoucheurs
Part III. The Rise of the Women's Hospitals: 10. Hospitals, specialists and nineteenth-century medicine
11. The first women's hospital
12. A moral institution
13. The Chelsea Hospital for Women
Part IV. Woman and her diseases: 14. The pathology of femininity
15. Surgical analysis
16. Penetrating private parts: the 'speculum question'
17. Precept and practice
Part V. The 'Unsexing' of Women: 18. Early controversies
19. A question of values
20. Pathological pregnancies
21. The triumph of ovariotomy
22. The Imlach affair
Part VI. From the British Gynaecological Society to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: 23. The 'handcuffed obstetrician'
24. The Meadows incident
25. A British gynaecological society
26. A college of obstetricians and gynaecologists
27. Restructuring the profession
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography.
Part I. The Problem of Femininity: 1. Woman's sexuality and population concerns
2. Woman's place in nature
3. Nature and the environment
4. A theory of femininity
5. Physiology and social roles
Part II. Men-Midwives and Medicine: The Origins of a Profession: 6. Midwives and accoucheurs
7. The 'obstetric revolution' and eighteenth-century medical politics
8. The nineteenth century: obstetrics, gynaecology and general practice
9. Educated accoucheurs
Part III. The Rise of the Women's Hospitals: 10. Hospitals, specialists and nineteenth-century medicine
11. The first women's hospital
12. A moral institution
13. The Chelsea Hospital for Women
Part IV. Woman and her diseases: 14. The pathology of femininity
15. Surgical analysis
16. Penetrating private parts: the 'speculum question'
17. Precept and practice
Part V. The 'Unsexing' of Women: 18. Early controversies
19. A question of values
20. Pathological pregnancies
21. The triumph of ovariotomy
22. The Imlach affair
Part VI. From the British Gynaecological Society to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: 23. The 'handcuffed obstetrician'
24. The Meadows incident
25. A British gynaecological society
26. A college of obstetricians and gynaecologists
27. Restructuring the profession
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography.
Introduction
Part I. The Problem of Femininity: 1. Woman's sexuality and population concerns
2. Woman's place in nature
3. Nature and the environment
4. A theory of femininity
5. Physiology and social roles
Part II. Men-Midwives and Medicine: The Origins of a Profession: 6. Midwives and accoucheurs
7. The 'obstetric revolution' and eighteenth-century medical politics
8. The nineteenth century: obstetrics, gynaecology and general practice
9. Educated accoucheurs
Part III. The Rise of the Women's Hospitals: 10. Hospitals, specialists and nineteenth-century medicine
11. The first women's hospital
12. A moral institution
13. The Chelsea Hospital for Women
Part IV. Woman and her diseases: 14. The pathology of femininity
15. Surgical analysis
16. Penetrating private parts: the 'speculum question'
17. Precept and practice
Part V. The 'Unsexing' of Women: 18. Early controversies
19. A question of values
20. Pathological pregnancies
21. The triumph of ovariotomy
22. The Imlach affair
Part VI. From the British Gynaecological Society to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: 23. The 'handcuffed obstetrician'
24. The Meadows incident
25. A British gynaecological society
26. A college of obstetricians and gynaecologists
27. Restructuring the profession
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography.
Part I. The Problem of Femininity: 1. Woman's sexuality and population concerns
2. Woman's place in nature
3. Nature and the environment
4. A theory of femininity
5. Physiology and social roles
Part II. Men-Midwives and Medicine: The Origins of a Profession: 6. Midwives and accoucheurs
7. The 'obstetric revolution' and eighteenth-century medical politics
8. The nineteenth century: obstetrics, gynaecology and general practice
9. Educated accoucheurs
Part III. The Rise of the Women's Hospitals: 10. Hospitals, specialists and nineteenth-century medicine
11. The first women's hospital
12. A moral institution
13. The Chelsea Hospital for Women
Part IV. Woman and her diseases: 14. The pathology of femininity
15. Surgical analysis
16. Penetrating private parts: the 'speculum question'
17. Precept and practice
Part V. The 'Unsexing' of Women: 18. Early controversies
19. A question of values
20. Pathological pregnancies
21. The triumph of ovariotomy
22. The Imlach affair
Part VI. From the British Gynaecological Society to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: 23. The 'handcuffed obstetrician'
24. The Meadows incident
25. A British gynaecological society
26. A college of obstetricians and gynaecologists
27. Restructuring the profession
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography.