Proving pregnancy: gender, law, and medical knowledge in nineteenth-century america
Auteur :
Turner, Felicity M.
Éditeur :
The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN :
9781469669694
Date de publication :
6 sept. 2022
Dimensions :
23,3 x 15,5 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
287 g
Format :
Cloth
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Examining infanticide cases in the United States from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth centuries, Proving Pregnancy documents how women - Black and white, enslaved and free - gradually lost control over reproduction to male medical and legal professionals.