Artikel
"Secrets of the female sex" : Jane Sharp, the reproductive female body, and early modern midwifery manuals
Verfasst von:
Hobby, Elaine
in:
Wallingford:
2001
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201 - 212 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Hobby, Elaine |
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| Jahr: | 2001 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Early modern midwifery manuals in Brtain were usually the work of men. These books were a significant source of information about the body to the wider reading public: many sold well, and their prefatory materials include injunctions to readers not to make improper use of them. What is particularly interesting about Jane Sharp's "Midwives Book" (1671) is that both provides a compendium of current beliefs concerning reproduction, and indicates the author's ironic perception of the misogyny that underpinned accepted ideas about the female reproductive body. This article gives key examples of Sharp's interventions, and also refers to Thomas Bartolin, "Bartholinus Anatomy" (1688): Richard Bunworth, "The Doctresse" (1656); Hugh Chamberlen, "The Accomplisht Midwife (1673) ..... | |
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