L. J. Jordanova

Nature Displayed (eBook, PDF)

Gender, Science and Medicine 1760-1820

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Produktbeschreibung

This study considers attitudes to sexuality, the body, motherhood and the natural world during the 18th and 19th centuries. The collection brings together essays which reinterpret texts and images drawn from the period and includes coverage of cultural history, gender history and anthropology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317884965
• Artikelnr.: 41067668

Autorenporträt

L.J. Jordanova

Inhaltsangabe

1. Cultural Effort: An Introductory Essay. Part One Natural Polarities. 2.
Feminine Figures - Nature Display'd. 3. Nature's Powers: A Reading of the
Distinction Between Creation and Production. 4. Melancholy Reflection:
Constructing an Identity for Unveilers of Nature. 5. The Authoritarian
Response: The French Revolution and the Enlightenment. Part Two Body
Management. 6. The Popularization of Medicine: Tissot on Onanism. 7.
Medical Mediations: Mind, Body and the Guillotine. 8. Guarding the Body
Politic: Volney's Catechism of 1793. 9. Policing Public Health in France
1780-1815. Part Three Family Values. 10. Naturalizing the Family :
Literature and the Bio-medical Sciences of the Late Eighteenth Century. 11.
Gender, Generation and Science: William Hunter's Obstetric Atlas. 12.
Cultures of Kinship. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index.