Women's Bodies

A Social History of Women's Encounter with Health, Ill-Health and Medicine
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-54068-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 414 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 721 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shorter, Edward

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Edward Shorter