Reproduction and the Maternal Body in Literature and Culture
This book examines a selection of texts to discuss how midwifery, obstetrics and women’s bodies were constructed during the (long) eighteenth century, and how these material-discursive entanglements between science, medicine, literature and culture have shaped society''s views of pregnancy, childbirth and reproduction.
Drawing on theories from disciplines such as feminist new materialism, this book...
This book examines a selection of texts to discuss how midwifery, obstetrics and women’s bodies were constructed during the (long) eighteenth century, and how these material-discursive entanglements between science, medicine, literature and culture have shaped society''s views of pregnancy, childbirth and reproduction.
Drawing on theories from disciplines such as feminist new materialism, this book...
