Title Not of Woman Born : Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture / Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski

Published Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019] ©1991

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Description 1 online resource : 27 halftones Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Caesarean Birth in Medical Thought -- 2. Caesarean Birth in the Artistic Imagination -- 3. The Marginalization of Women in Obstetrics -- 4. Saintly and Satanic Obstetricians -- Appendix Creative Etymology: "Caesarean Section" from Pliny to Rousset -- Annotated List of Illustrations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Examining representations of Caesarean birth in legend and art and tracing its history in medical writing, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski addresses the web of religious, ethical, and cultural questions concerning abdominal delivery in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance .. Analysis Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-197) and index Notes In English Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019) Subject Cesarean section -- Europe -- History Cesarean section in art. Medical illustration -- History Renaissance. Renaissance. Literary studies: classical, early & medieval. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval. Cesarean section Cesarean section in art Medical illustration Renaissance Europe Genre/Form dictionaries. History Dictionaries. Dictionnaires. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781501740480 1501740482 1501740490 9781501740497

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