Birth figures early modern prints and the pregnant body
The first full study of “birth figures,” sets of illustrations which were widely reproduced in early modern books on childbirth and midwifery. Birth figures are printed images of the pregnant uterus, always shown in series, that depict the variety of ways in which a fetus can present for birth. Hist...
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| Language: | English |
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Chicago ; London
University of Chicago Press
2023, ©2023
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: picturing pregnancy
- Part I: Early printed birth figures (1540-1672). Using images in midwifery practice; Pluralistic images and the early modern body
- Part II: Birth figures as agents of change (1672-1751). Visual experiments; Visualizing touch and defining a professional persona
- Part III: The birth figure persists (1751-1774). Challenging the Hunterian hegemony
- Conclusion.