Vernacular bodies : the politics of reproduction in early modern England / Mary E. Fissell.

Author/creator Fissell, Mary Elizabeth
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Descriptionviii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Birth customs--England. --History.
Childbirth--England. --History.
Human reproduction--England. --History.
Human body--Social aspects. --England.
Human body--Symbolic aspects. --England.
Great Britain--Politics and government.
Great Britain--History.
England--Social life and customs.

Contents Introduction -- Reforming the body -- The womb goes bad -- Protesting and preaching -- Henry Jessey, Sarah Wight, and the struggle to make women's bodies into knowledge -- Culpeper's radical book -- Reforming the family and refiguring the body in the English Revolution -- The restoration crisis in paternity -- Conclusions.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [250]-276) and index.
LCCN 2004023734
ISBN0199269882 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GT2465.G7 F57 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold