Women's Bodies: A Social History of Women's Encounter with Health, Ill-Health and Medicine - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Edward ShorterTheme:Sex & Gender/Feminine, Topical/Women's InterestPublish date:12/31/1990Pages:414
Languages:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780887388484ISBN-10:0887388485UPC:9780887388484Book Category:Medical, Social Science, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Health Care Delivery, Gender Studies, TheaterBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:8.98 x 6.06 x 1.03 inchesWeight:0.676Product ID:SCCHKBF08C
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
Languages:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780887388484ISBN-10:0887388485UPC:9780887388484Book Category:Medical, Social Science, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Health Care Delivery, Gender Studies, TheaterBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:8.98 x 6.06 x 1.03 inchesWeight:0.676Product ID:SCCHKBF08C
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