Birthing the nation : sex, science, and the conception of eighteenth-century Britons
Analyses two intertwined narratives that shaped 18th-century British life: the development of the modern British state, and the emergence of the man-midwife as the pre-eminent authority over sex and childbirth. This work shows how national, religious, ethnic, and gendered identities were experienced through and symbolized by birth and midwifery.
Print Book, English, 2005
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Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005
History
XX, 353 Seiten : Illustrationen
9780199268641, 0199268649
238135149
1. Introduction ; 2. Mothers, Midwives, and Mysteries ; 3. Abortions, Witches, and Catholics: Reproduction and Revolution ; 4. 'Is not your Lordship with child too?': Pregnant Fathers and Fathers of Science ; 5. Imagining Mothers ; 6. Breeding Scottish Obstetrics in Doctor Smellie's London ; 7. Revolutionary Bodies in the Britain of George III ; 8. Sex, Science, and Race ; 9. The State Takes Charge: Conceived, Consummated, and Counted ; 10. Epilogue