Mass hysteria: medicine, culture, and mothers' bodies
Auteur :
Kukla, Rebecca
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9780742533585
Date de publication :
4 oct. 2005
Dimensions :
20,8 x 19,5 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
399 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.