Edward Shorter

Women's Bodies

A Social History of Women's Encounter with Health, Ill-Health and Medicine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes how women's physical experience historically has affected the whole constellation of values that represents womanliness, and the constellation of power relationships that binds men and women together. It explores the role of herbs and of mechanical procedures for abortion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 414
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 721g
• ISBN-13: 9781138540682
• ISBN-10: 1138540684
• Artikelnr.: 50857433

Autorenporträt

Edward Shorter

Inhaltsangabe

Women, Men, and Bodies 1. Men, Women, and Sex 2. The Architecture of the
Body A History of the Birth Experience 3. Traditional Births: Women Take
Charge 4. A Typical Birth Then 5. Pain and Death in Childbirth 6. Infection
after Delivery 7. The Rise of the Birth Experience 8. Abortion Other
Physical Differences Between Men and Women 9. Did Women Live Longer Than
Men? If Not, Why Not? 10. Diseases of Sexual Significance 11. Changing
Alliances and the End of Victimization