Beyond the Reproductive Body : The Politics of Women's Health and Work in Early Victorian England / by Levine-Clark, Marjorie

Table of Contents: “…Pt 1: Contested body politics: women, health and social reform in the 1830s and 1840s -- The reproductive body, Part 1: Women's work and the biology of reproduction -- The reproductive body, Part 2: The tasks of social reproduction -- Gender, the Poor Law, and the ambiguity of the able-bodied worker -- pt. 2: Living in the body: women's experiences of health and illness -- The evidence of the body: poor women and medical cultures -- Testing the reproductive hypothesis: women's illnesses, the environment, and menstruation -- Health and the material conditions of home: sanitation, poverty, and domesticity -- "Rather a hard life": domestic relationships and health at home -- "She continued at her work": negotiating employment and health -- Conclusion: The politics of women's health and work.…”
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Beyond the Reproductive Body : The Politics of Women's Health and Work in Early Victorian England / by Levine-Clark, Marjorie

Table of Contents: “…Pt 1: Contested body politics: women, health and social reform in the 1830s and 1840s -- The reproductive body, Part 1: Women's work and the biology of reproduction -- The reproductive body, Part 2: The tasks of social reproduction -- Gender, the Poor Law, and the ambiguity of the able-bodied worker -- pt. 2: Living in the body: women's experiences of health and illness -- The evidence of the body: poor women and medical cultures -- Testing the reproductive hypothesis: women's illnesses, the environment, and menstruation -- Health and the material conditions of home: sanitation, poverty, and domesticity -- "Rather a hard life": domestic relationships and health at home -- "She continued at her work": negotiating employment and health -- Conclusion: The politics of women's health and work.…”
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