Medical Authority and Englishwomen's Herbal Texts, 1550–1650
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0754666786
ISBN-13
9780754666783
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 28th, 2009
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
488 grams
Dimensions
24.10 x 16.40 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800
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Analyzes print vernacular folio herbals from the standpoint of gender, and presents original findings to do with early modern women's ownership of these herbals. This title establishes cultural backdrops in the gendering of medical authority that takes place in the herbals and the regular ownership of these herbals by women.
The first study to analyze print vernacular folio herbals from the standpoint of gender and to present original findings to do with early modern women''s ownership of these herbals, Medical Authority and Englishwomen''s Herbal Texts also looks at reasons and contexts behind early modern female writers claiming herbal practice. Author Rebecca Laroche first establishes cultural backdrops in the gendering of medical authority that takes place in the herbals and the regular ownership of these herbals by women. She then examines women''s engagements with herbal texts in life writings and poetry and asks how these moments represent and engage medical authority. In ultimately demonstrating how female writers variously take on women''s herbal medical practices, Laroche reveals the broad range of literary potentials within the historical category of women''s medicine.
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