Midwiving subjects in shakespeare’s england
Auteur :
Bicks, Caroline
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780754609384
Date de publication :
28 mai 2003
Dimensions :
21,9 x 15,3 cm
Poids :
570 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The female-dominated medical discipline of midwifery in Shakespeare's day led to male-dominated tales of female incompetence and physiological obfuscation. In this study Caroline Bicks shows how Shakespeare pointed to a history of the discipline in which women wielded considerable power.