Medical Bondage : Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology /
Cooper Owens, Deirdre Benia, 1972-
Medical Bondage : Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology / Deirdre Cooper Owens. - 1 online resource (186 pages): illustrations - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Introduction. American gynecology and black lives -- The birth of American gynecology -- Black women's experiences in slavery and medicine -- Contested relations: slavery, sex, and medicine -- Irish immigrant women and American gynecology -- Historical black superbodies and the medical gaze -- Afterword.
Open Access
Medical Bondage explores how, in the nineteenth century, experimental surgeries on enslaved and laboring women enabled the rise of American gynecology as a medical specialty, and shaped our understanding of race. Merging women's, medical, and social history, the book makes Black and Irish women's lives--not just their bodies--part of an origins story of American medicine (one that has largely been told with an exclusive focus on white male historical actors).
English.
9780820353036
Human experimentation in medicine.
Gynecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Slavery.
Medecine--Histoire--19e siecle.
Americaines d'origine irlandaise--Soins medicaux--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siecle.
Femmes esclaves--Soins medicaux--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siecle.
Experimentation humaine en medecine--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siecle.
Gynecologie--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siecle.
History, 19th Century
Vulnerable Populations
Enslaved Persons--history
African Americans--history
Racism--history
Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation--history
Gynecology--history
Irish American women--Medical care--History--United States--19th century.
Women slaves--Medical care--History--United States--19th century.
Human experimentation in medicine--History--United States--19th century.
Gynecology--History--United States--19th century.
United States.
United States
History.
Historical Works.
Government Publications, State.
Electronic books.
Medical Bondage : Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology / Deirdre Cooper Owens. - 1 online resource (186 pages): illustrations - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Introduction. American gynecology and black lives -- The birth of American gynecology -- Black women's experiences in slavery and medicine -- Contested relations: slavery, sex, and medicine -- Irish immigrant women and American gynecology -- Historical black superbodies and the medical gaze -- Afterword.
Open Access
Medical Bondage explores how, in the nineteenth century, experimental surgeries on enslaved and laboring women enabled the rise of American gynecology as a medical specialty, and shaped our understanding of race. Merging women's, medical, and social history, the book makes Black and Irish women's lives--not just their bodies--part of an origins story of American medicine (one that has largely been told with an exclusive focus on white male historical actors).
English.
9780820353036
Human experimentation in medicine.
Gynecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Slavery.
Medecine--Histoire--19e siecle.
Americaines d'origine irlandaise--Soins medicaux--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siecle.
Femmes esclaves--Soins medicaux--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siecle.
Experimentation humaine en medecine--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siecle.
Gynecologie--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siecle.
History, 19th Century
Vulnerable Populations
Enslaved Persons--history
African Americans--history
Racism--history
Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation--history
Gynecology--history
Irish American women--Medical care--History--United States--19th century.
Women slaves--Medical care--History--United States--19th century.
Human experimentation in medicine--History--United States--19th century.
Gynecology--History--United States--19th century.
United States.
United States
History.
Historical Works.
Government Publications, State.
Electronic books.