Women's Bodies

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

Edward Shorter (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

414 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-54068-2 (ISBN)

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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.

Edward Shorter

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

Erscheinungsdatum	15.01.2018
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-54068-4 / 1138540684
ISBN-13	978-1-138-54068-2 / 9781138540682
Zustand	Neuware