Ritual and Conflict: The Social Relations of Childbirth in Early Modern England

Adrian Wilson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

270 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-25059-8 (ISBN)

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This book places childbirth in early-modern England within a wider network of social institutions and relationships. Starting with illegitimacy - the violation of the marital norm - it proceeds through marriage to the wider gender-order and so to the ’ceremony of childbirth’, the popular ritual through which women collectively controlled this, the pivotal event in their lives. Focussing on the seventeenth century, but ranging from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, this study offers a new viewpoint on such themes as the patriarchal family, the significance of illegitimacy, and the structuring of gender-relations in the period.

Adrian Wilson is Senior Lecturer in History of Medicine at the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, University of Leeds, UK.

Contents: Introduction; Legitimate and bastard births; The bonds of marriage; Gender and power; The ceremony of childbirth; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.09.2016
Reihe/Serie	The History of Medicine in Context
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	394 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	1-138-25059-7 / 1138250597
ISBN-13	978-1-138-25059-8 / 9781138250598
Zustand	Neuware