The Reproductive Unconscious in Late Medieval and Early Modern England
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies in Medieval History and Culture
ISBN-10
0415941520
ISBN-13
9780415941525
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 4th, 2002
Print length
156 Pages
Weight
350 grams
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Drawing together social and medical history and literary studies, this book shows that medieval and early modern men and women had to negotiate a conflict between opposing cultural ideologies wanting them to procreate and yet remain virginal.
Drawing together social and medical history and literary studies, The Reproductive Unconscious in Late Medieval and Early Modern England studies the social practices and metaphorical representations of childbirth in medieval and early modern texts and argues for the existence of a reproductive unconscious. Discussing midwifery treatises, obstetrical and gynecological manuals, and devotional texts written for or by women, the author illustrates the ways in which medieval and early modern men and women negotiated a conflict between the ideological and material need of the culture for them to procreate, and an ideological injunction that they remain virginal and non-procreative.
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