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Perceptions of Pregnancy from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century
Genders and Sexualities in History
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European history, History: earliest times to present day, Social & cultural history, Gender studies, gender groups, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Gender studies: women
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This multi-disciplinary collection brings together work by scholars from Britain, America and Canada on the popular, personal and institutional histories of pregnancy. It follows the process of reproduction from conception and contraception, to birth and parenthood. The contributors explore several key themes: narratives of pregnancy and birth, the patient-consumer, and literary representations of childbearing. This book explores how these issues have been constructed, represented and experienced in a range of geographical locations from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Crossing the boundary between the pre-modern and modern worlds, the chapters reveal the continuities, similarities and differences in understanding a process that is often, in the popular mind-set, considered to be fundamental and unchanging. New & Used
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What Reviewers Are Saying
"This book provides some enjoyable reading on a variety of topics related to the main theme of the book. It provides a huge smorgasbord of interesting anecdotes on different topics and at different times in history ... ." (William J. LeMaire, Marriage, Families & Spirituality, Vol. 25 (1), 2019)