Science of Woman Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929

Name: Science of Woman Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929
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ISBN: 9780521447959

ISBN-10: 052144795X

ISBN-13: 9780521447959

Edition: 1993

Authors: Ornella Moscucci, Colin Jones, Charles Rosenberg

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Is women's destiny rooted in their biology? Since the end of the eighteenth century the science of gynecology has legitimized the view that women are "naturally" fitted for activities in the private sphere of the family. This book argues that the definition of femininity as propounded by gynecological science is a cultural product of a wider, more political context. Providing a unique account of gynecology in practice, it shifts the historical focus from the use to the production of ideas about "women's nature." Dr. Moscucci traces the origins of gynecology to the emergence of a predictable "science of man" in the late eighteenth century and charts the ideological, professional and…

Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/22/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 292
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Introduction



The Problem of Femininity



WomanG++s sexuality and population concerns



WomanG++s place in nature



Nature and the environment



A theory of femininity



Physiology and social roles



Men-Midwives and Medicine The Origins of a Profession



Midwives and accoucheurs



The G++obstetric revolutionG++ and eighteenth-century medical politics



The nineteenth century: obstetrics, gynaecology and general practice



Educated accoucheurs



The Rise of the WomenG++s Hospitals



Hospitals, specialists and nineteenth-century medicine



The first womenG++s hospital



A moral institution



The Chelsea Hospital for Women



Woman and her diseases



The pathology of femininity



Surgical analysis



Penetrating private parts: the G++speculum questionG++



Precept and practice



The G++UnsexingG++ of Women



Early controversies



A question of values



Pathological pregnancies



The triumph of ovariotomy



The Imlach affair



From the British Gynaecological Society to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists



The G++handcuffed obstetricianG++



The Meadows incident



A British gynaecological society



A college of obstetricians and gynaecologists



Restructuring the profession


Conclusion


Appendix


Notes


Bibliography