Medical Bondage : Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

Medical Bondage Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

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Medical Bondage explores how, in the nineteenth century, experimental surgeries on enslaved and laboring women enabled the rise of American gynecology as a medical specialty, and shaped our understanding of race. Merging women's, medical, and social history, the book makes Black and Irish women...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cooper Owens, Deirdre Benia, 1972- (-)
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens University of Georgia Press 2017
Athens, GA : 2017.
Materias:
Gynecology > United States > History > 19th century.
Human experimentation in medicine > United States > History > 19th century.
Enslaved women > Medical care > United States > History > 19th century.
Irish American women > Medical care > United States > History > 19th century.
History
scientific racism
history of medicine
african american studies
gynecology
women's studies
slavery
emancipation
jim crow
Black people
Childbirth
Gynaecology
White people
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Sumario:Medical Bondage explores how, in the nineteenth century, experimental surgeries on enslaved and laboring women enabled the rise of American gynecology as a medical specialty, and shaped our understanding of race. Merging women's, medical, and social history, the book makes Black and Irish women's lives--not just their bodies--part of an origins story of American medicine (one that has largely been told with an exclusive focus on white male historical actors).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (180 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-157) and index.
ISBN:9780820351346
9780820351353

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