Midwiving Subjects in Shakespeare's England
- Editore:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
- EAN:
9780754609384
- ISBN:
0754609383
- Pagine:
- 224
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
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Descrizione Midwiving Subjects in Shakespeare's England
The female-dominated medical discipline of midwifery in Shakespeare's day led to male-dominated tales of female incompetence and physiological obfuscation. In this study Caroline Bicks shows how Shakespeare pointed to a history of the discipline in which women wielded considerable power.
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