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The Reproductive Unconscious in Late Medieval and Early Modern England
Jennifer Wynne Hellwarth
出版Routledge, 2013-12-16
主題History / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Europe / Medieval
ISBN11367208559781136720857
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=x9VcAgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Drawing together social and medical history and literary studies, The Reproductive Unconscious in Late Medieval and Early Modern England studies the social practices and metaphorical representations of childbirth in medieval and early modern texts and argues for the existence of a reproductive unconscious. Discussing midwifery treatises, obstetrical and gynecological manuals, and devotional texts written for or by women, the author illustrates the ways in which medieval and early modern men and women negotiated a conflict between the ideological and material need of the culture for them to procreate, and an ideological injunction that they remain virginal and non-procreative.