Not of Woman Born : Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture /
Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Renate, 1952-
Not of Woman Born : Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture / Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski. - 1 online resource (222 pages): illustrations ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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
Open Access
Examines texts and visual images of caesarean birth and traces its history in medical writing and practice ; addresses the work of religious, ethical and cultural questions surrounding abdominal delivery in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
9781501740497
Europa
Geschichte (500-1600)
Renaissance
Medical illustration--History
Cesarean section--History--Europe
Cesarean section in art
Verloskundigen.
Sectio caesarea.
Kunst
Kulturanthropologie
Kultur
Kaiserschnitt
Geburt
Renaissance.
Medical illustration.
Cesarean section.
Cesarean section in art.
Civilization, Medieval.
Renaissance.
Renaissance.
Civilisation medievale.
Illustration medicale--Histoire.
Cesarienne--Histoire.--Europe
Medicine in the Arts
Cesarean Section--psychology
Cesarean Section--history
Civilization, Medieval.
Renaissance.
Medical illustration--History.
Cesarean section in art.
Cesarean section--History.--Europe
Europa
Europe.
Europe.
Europe
Europe.
History.
Electronic books.
Not of Woman Born : Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture / Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski. - 1 online resource (222 pages): illustrations ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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
Open Access
Examines texts and visual images of caesarean birth and traces its history in medical writing and practice ; addresses the work of religious, ethical and cultural questions surrounding abdominal delivery in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
9781501740497
Europa
Geschichte (500-1600)
Renaissance
Medical illustration--History
Cesarean section--History--Europe
Cesarean section in art
Verloskundigen.
Sectio caesarea.
Kunst
Kulturanthropologie
Kultur
Kaiserschnitt
Geburt
Renaissance.
Medical illustration.
Cesarean section.
Cesarean section in art.
Civilization, Medieval.
Renaissance.
Renaissance.
Civilisation medievale.
Illustration medicale--Histoire.
Cesarienne--Histoire.--Europe
Medicine in the Arts
Cesarean Section--psychology
Cesarean Section--history
Civilization, Medieval.
Renaissance.
Medical illustration--History.
Cesarean section in art.
Cesarean section--History.--Europe
Europa
Europe.
Europe.
Europe
Europe.
History.
Electronic books.