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Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England: New Historical Perspectives

Autor Sarah Fox
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 mai 2022
A history of childbirth in the eighteenth century as told by women.
 
This fascinating new book radically rewrites all that we know about eighteenth-century childbirth by placing women’s voices at the center of the story. Examining childbirth from the perspective of the birthing woman, this research offers new perspectives on the history of the family, the social history of medicine, community and neighborhood studies, and the study of women’s lives in eighteenth-century England. 

From “quickening” through to “confinement,” “giving caudle,” delivery, and “lying-in,” birth was once a complex ritual that involved entire communities. Drawing on an extensive and under-researched body of materials, such as letters, diaries, and recipe books, this book offers critical new perspectives on the history of the family, community, and the lives of women in the coming age of modern medicine. It unpacks the rituals of contemporary childbirth—from foods traditionally eaten before and after birth, birthing clothing, and how a woman’s relationship with her family, husband, friends, and neighbors changed during and after pregnancy. In this important and deeply moving study, we are invited onto a detailed and emotional journey through motherhood in an age of immense socio-cultural and intellectual change.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781914477065
ISBN-10: 1914477065
Pagini: 250
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: University of London Press
Colecția University of London Press
Seria New Historical Perspectives


Notă biografică

Sarah Fox is a social and cultural historian with interests in the social histories of law and medicine, the body, emotion, gender, food, and community. She completed her PhD at the University of Manchester in 2017 and is currently working at the University of Birmingham as a research associate on the Leverhulme-funded project Material Bodies, Social Identities: Embodiment in British Letters c.1680-1820.

Cuprins

Introduction

Birth and the Body

Birth in the Household

Food and Birth

The Birth Family

Birth in the Community

Conclusion

Recenzii

"Backed by impeccable research, including analysis of troves of archived letters, Fox focuses on birthing in 18th-century England as a process shaped by women's experiences within a complex context of social and cultural practices... Highly recommended."

"Against the grain of many large-scale narratives about changing conceptions of the sexed and gendered body, the rise of formally trained accoucheurs, and the decline of female midwifery, Fox presents a wealth of evidence for stability, continuity, and community involvement in childbirth in the latter half of the eighteenth century."