Women's Bodies - Edward Shorter

Women's Bodies

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

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
414 Seiten
2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-54068-2 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
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
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitswesen
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-138-54068-4 / 1138540684
ISBN-13 978-1-138-54068-2 / 9781138540682
Zustand Neuware
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