Medical Bondage : Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology /

Medical Bondage explores how, in the nineteenth century, experimental surgeries on enslaved and laboring women enabled the rise of American gynecology as a medical specialty, and shaped our understanding of race. Merging women's, medical, and social history, the book makes Black and Irish women's li...

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Autor Principal: Cooper Owens, Deirdre Benia, 1972- (Author)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2017]
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Summary:Medical Bondage explores how, in the nineteenth century, experimental surgeries on enslaved and laboring women enabled the rise of American gynecology as a medical specialty, and shaped our understanding of race. Merging women's, medical, and social history, the book makes Black and Irish women's lives--not just their bodies--part of an origins story of American medicine (one that has largely been told with an exclusive focus on white male historical actors).
Descrición Física:1 online resource (186 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780820353036
Acceso:Open Access