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A Cultural History of Pregnancy: Pregnancy, Medicine and Culture, 1750-2000

By Clare Hanson

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2004
ISBN
033398644X, 9780333986448, 9780230510548
Open Library ID
OL10560086M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1196383 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
223\223
Topic
Medicine
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

Hanson explores the different ways in which pregnancy has been constructed and interpreted in Britain over the last 250 years. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including obstetric texts, pregnancy advice books, literary texts, popular fiction and visual images, she analyzes changing attitudes to key issues such as the relative rights of mother and fetus and the degree to which medical intervention is acceptable in pregnancy. Hanson also considers the effects of medical and social changes on the subjective experience of pregnancy.

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