Maternal Bodies Redefining Motherhood in Early America

This new approach to the history of motherhood examines the role the female body played in defining motherhood from the mid-eighteenth century through the first half of the nineteenth century, demonstrating that physical representations or perceptions of the body were crucial to defining motherhood...

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Glavni autor: Doyle, Nora (auth)
Format: Elektronički Poglavlje knjige
Jezik:engleski
Izdano: Chapel Hill, NC The University of North Carolina Press 2018
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Sažetak:This new approach to the history of motherhood examines the role the female body played in defining motherhood from the mid-eighteenth century through the first half of the nineteenth century, demonstrating that physical representations or perceptions of the body were crucial to defining motherhood in different ways both for mothers themselves and for American culture at large.
ISBN:9781469637204
Pristup:Open Access