Medical Authority and Englishwomen's Herbal Texts, 1550–1650
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
113825052X
ISBN-13
9781138250529
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 9th, 2016
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
326 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 26.40 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800Regional studiesHistoryHistory of medicine
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The first study to analyze print vernacular herbals from the standpoint of gender, this book also recognizes the rhetorical agenda of female writers who claim herbal practice. As she examines women''s herbal language across various genres and in both manuscript and print, Laroche also incorporates meticulous archival research which ultimately generates original findings to do with women''s ownership of medical texts.
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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