Mass hysteria: medicine, culture, and mothers' bodies
Auteur :
Kukla, Rebecca
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9780742533578
Date de publication :
1 oct. 2005
Dimensions :
23,5 x 17,6 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
531 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Examining the medical and cultural practices surrounding pregnancy, new motherhood, and infant feeding, this book states that late eighteenth century practices reshaped mothers' bodies. As a result, it is difficult for them to establish and maintain healthy and safe boundaries and appropriate divisions between public and private space.