Proving pregnancy : gender, law, and medical knowledge in nineteenth-century America / Felicity M. Turner.

Author/creator Turner, Felicity M. author.
Format Book
PublicationChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Descriptionxvi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Infanticide--Law and legislation. --United States. --History. --19th century.
Human reproduction--Law and legislation. --United States. --History. --19th century.
Human body--Law and legislation. --United States. --History. --19th century.
Women's rights--United States. --History. --19th century.
Sex discrimination--Law and legislation. --United States. --History. --19th century.
Pregnancy--Signs and diagnosis.
Intangible property.

SeriesGender and American culture
Gender & American culture. ^A228874
Contents An anatomy of knowledge -- Calling the midwife -- The physician and the corpse -- Slavery, civilization, and the body politic -- Freedom and the reconstruction of bodies -- From midwives to physicians -- From bodies to minds -- The emergence of rights.
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 194-218) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Turner, Felicity M. Proving pregnancy. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2022] 9781469669724
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2022015148
ISBN9781469669694 hardcover
ISBN1469669692 hardcover
ISBN9781469669700 paperback
ISBN1469669706 paperback
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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Joyner General Stacks KF9309 .T87 2022 ✔ Available Place Hold