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Mass Hysteria: Medicine, Culture, and Mothers' Bodies - Explorations in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities Rebecca Kukla
Mass Hysteria: Medicine, Culture, and Mothers' Bodies - Explorations in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities
Rebecca Kukla
Examining the medical and cultural practices surrounding pregnancy, new motherhood, and infant feeding, this book states that late eighteenth century practices reshaped mothers' bodies. As a result, it is difficult for them to establish and maintain healthy and safe boundaries and appropriate divisions between public and private space.
264 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 1, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780742533578 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Pages | 264 |
| Dimensions | 176 × 235 × 25 mm · 531 g |
| Language | English |
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