The Female Body In Medicine And Literature
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The Female Body In Medicine And Literature
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Author : Andrew Mangham
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2013-08-15
The Female Body In Medicine And Literature written by Andrew Mangham and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Drawing on a range of texts from the seventeenth century to the present, The Female Body in Medicine and Literature explores accounts of motherhood, fertility, and clinical procedures for what they have to tell us about the development of women's medicine. The essays here offer nuanced historical analyses of subjects that have received little critical attention, including the relationship between gynecology and psychology and the influence of popular art forms on so-called women's science prior to the twenty-first century. Taken together, these essays offer a wealth of insight into the medical treatment of women and will appeal to scholars in gender studies, literature, and the history of medicine.
The Male Body In Medicine And Literature
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Author : Andrew Mangham
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2018-05-01
The Male Body In Medicine And Literature written by Andrew Mangham and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
With the dawn of modern medicine there emerged a complex range of languages and methodologies for portraying the male body as prone to illness, injury and dysfunction. Using a variety of historical and literary approaches, this collection explores how medicine has interacted with key moments in literature and culture.
History Of Women S Bodies
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Author : Edward Shorter
language : en
Publisher: New York : Basic Books
Release Date : 1982-12-07
History Of Women S Bodies written by Edward Shorter and has been published by New York : Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-12-07 with Medical categories.
Good,No Highlights,No Markup,all pages are intact, Slight Shelfwear,may have the corners slightly dented, may have slight color changes/slightly damaged spine.
Stories Of Illness And Healing
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Author : Sayantani DasGupta
language : en
Publisher: Literature and Medicine
Release Date : 2007
Stories Of Illness And Healing written by Sayantani DasGupta and has been published by Literature and Medicine this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Health & Fitness categories.
A collection of women's illness narratives Stories of Illness and Healing is the first collection to place the voices of women experiencing illness alongside analytical writing from prominent scholars in the field of narrative medicine. The collection includes a variety of women's illness narratives--poetry, essays, short fiction, short drama, analyses, and transcribed oral testimonies--as well as traditional analytic essays about themes and issues raised by the narratives. Stories of Illness and Healing bridges the artificial divide between women's lives and scholarship in gender, health, and medicine. The authors of these narratives are diverse in age, ethnicity, family situation, sexual orientation, and economic status. They are doctors, patients, spouses, mothers, daughters, activists, writers, educators, and performers. The narratives serve to acknowledge that women's illness experiences are more than their diseases, that they encompass their entire lives. The pages of this book echo with personal accounts of illness, diagnosis, and treatment. They reflect the social constructions of women's bodies, their experiences of sexuality and reproduction, and their roles as professional and family caregivers. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Stories of Illness and Healing draws the connection between women's suffering and advocacy for women's lives.
Literary Anatomies
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Author : Delese Wear
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1994-07-01
Literary Anatomies written by Delese Wear and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-07-01 with Social Science categories.
This book shows how imaginative literature brings women's medical experiences back to lived moments in living bodies, where readers can, perhaps, better understand what it feels like to be someone else. The authors provide four sections that discuss birth, abortion, miscarriage, and fertility; breast cancer; middle age, menopause, and hysterectomy; and aging. While the focus is on twentieth-century North American women, a particular emphasis is placed on the diversity of women's experiences within that time and culture.
Menstruation And The Female Body In Early Modern England
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Author : S. Read
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-10-31
Menstruation And The Female Body In Early Modern England written by S. Read and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-31 with History categories.
In early modern English medicine, the balance of fluids in the body was seen as key to health. Menstruation was widely believed to regulate blood levels in the body and so was extensively discussed in medical texts. Sara Read examines all forms of literature, from plays and poems, to life-writing, and compares these texts with the medical theories.
The Resilient Female Body
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Author : Women in French (Organization). Conference
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2007
The Resilient Female Body written by Women in French (Organization). Conference and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Health & Fitness categories.
The chapters in this book were first presented at the Women in French Biennial Conference held in Leeds in May 2004. The twelve essays explore the multifaceted commodification of the female body and provide insights into the mutations of French society and culture. British and French scholars examine the paradoxes and contradictions embodied in various images and discourses related to health and illness from different perspectives, ranging from sociological studies to analyses of working diaries, children's medical encyclopaedias and literary texts. The 'resilient female body' as epitomised by the First World War nurse tends by the end of the twentieth century to be construed as the 'sanitised female body', subjected to mind/body dualities largely controlled by the medical professions. Thus, maternity and related issues such as birth and contraceptive technologies figure as major themes with contributors revealing unresolved ambivalences. Other chapters focus on how women's economic activity can affect their individual health and, potentially, that of others. A further prominent theme shows how, for contemporary women writers, serious illnesses such as cancer and madness in women can be seen as rich metaphors for the ills of a male-dominated society. Duras's alcoholism and Aragon's portrayals of prostitution are also discussed.
Women S Bodies
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Author : Edward Shorter
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-11-10
Women S Bodies written by Edward Shorter and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-10 with categories.
What has been the source of women's oppression by men? Shorter argues that women were victimized by their own bodies. Exploring five centuries of medical records and folklore from Europe and the US, he shows how pregnancy, childbirth, and gynecological disease have kept women in positions of social
The Woman In The Body
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Author : Emily Martin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The Woman In The Body written by Emily Martin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Childbirth categories.
A bold reappraisal of science and society, "The Woman in the Body" explores the different ways that women's reproduction is seen in American culture. Contrasting the views of medical science with those of ordinary women from diverse social and economic backgrounds, anthropologist Emily Martin presents unique fieldwork on American culture and uncovers the metaphors of economy and alienation that pervade women's imaging of themselves and their bodies. A new preface examines some of the latest medical ideas about women's reproductive cycles.
The Woman Beneath The Skin
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Author : Barbara Duden
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1991
The Woman Beneath The Skin written by Barbara Duden and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
Duden asserts that the most basic biological and medical terms that we use to describe our own bodies--male and female, healthy or sick--are cultural constructions. To illustrate this, she delves into records of an 18th-century German physician who documented the medical histories of 1,800 women of all ages and backgrounds, often in their own words.