Medieval and renaissance lactations: images, rhetorics, practices
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781032242965
Date de publication :
13 déc. 2021
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
620 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The premise of this volume is that the ubiquity of lactation imagery in early modern visual culture and the discourse on breastfeeding in humanist, religious, medical, and literary writings is a distinct cultural phenomenon that deserves systematic study. Chapters by art historians, social and legal historians, historians of science, and literary s