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The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929 (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)
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by Ornella Moscucci
Sales Rank: 507844
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List Price: $36.99
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Cover Type: Paperback with 288 pages
Published by: Cambridge University Press August 27, 1993
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 052144795X
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521447959
Book Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
Weighs: 14.6 ounces
Product Review
"a valuable addition to the growing literature looking at woman's medicine and its social context." Choice
"informative, scholarly, and fascinating." Science Books & Films
"This is an exemplary piece of medical-cultural history." Mary Poovey, Bulletin of the History of Medicine
"the work is scholarly and well written, providing a social history of the evolution of a medical specialty usually neglected by historians. As such, it is a welcome addition." The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
"a highly accomplished book which actually includes two separate treatises--a brief and powerful feminist polemic, followed by a more cautious traditional history." Florence Boos, The Women's Review of Books
"an important addition both to the study of nineteenth-century medicine and the development of ideas about women." Victorian Studies
"at once thoroughly conventional in its methods and very provocative in its findings." Lynn K. Nyhart, Signs
"Issues surrounding the emergence of obstetrics and gynecology as a specialty are dealt with in a factual yet thoroughly readable manner. The volume is carefully annotated, and an extensive bibliography is provided, allowing those with a special interest in one or another aspect of the history of the field to pursue issues of greater depth." Luigi Mastroianni, Jr., Academic Medicine
"The value of Moscucci's approach is that she has provided a detailed picture of the development of gynaecological practice. She also has drawn a wonderfully rich picture of the belief systems and scientific world systems held by a distinctive, yet hitherto little-known group of medical men." New Scientist
"an intriguing mixture of feminist theory and restrained polemic about the social and cultural determinants of biomedical thought and practice, and a straightforward chronological account of the evolution of gynaecology as a field of medical specialization.a work that not only adds a stimulating perspective to feminist and medical history, but also provides important insights into the broader question of the rise (and specialization) of the professions during the past two centuries." Richard Soloway, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Product Description
Is women's destiny rooted in their biology? Since the end of the eighteenth century the science of gynecology has legitimized the view that women are "naturally" fitted for activities in the private sphere of the family. This book argues that the definition of femininity as propounded by gynecological science is a cultural product of a wider, more political context. Providing a unique account of gynecology in practice, it shifts the historical focus from the use to the production of ideas about "women's nature." Dr. Moscucci traces the origins of gynecology to the emergence of a predictable "science of man" in the late eighteenth century and charts the ideological, professional and institutional development of the subject up to the foundation of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1929. Case-studies of Victorian gynecological practice at two London hospitals illustrate the changing pattern of institutional gynecology, affording valuable insight into the relationship between gynecologists and patients. The book also stresses the equal importance of class and gender ideology in shaping medical views about women's diseases and their treatment.
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