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Vernacular Bodies: The Politics of Reproduction in Early Modern England Fissell, Mary E. (Associate Professor, History of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University)
Vernacular Bodies: The Politics of Reproduction in Early Modern England
Fissell, Mary E. (Associate Professor, History of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University)
Offers a way to think about the history of the body by focusing on women's bodies, showing how ideas about conception, pregnancy, and childbirth were also ways of talking about gender relations and thus all relations of power. This study provides ways to understand how ordinary people experienced political conflicts and social change.
296 pages, 40 in-text black and white half-tones
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 9, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199202706 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 296 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 232 × 18 mm · 428 g |
| Language | English |