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Perceptions of Pregnancy from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century

Jennifer Evans editor Ciara Meehan editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG

Published:10th Jan '17

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This multi-disciplinary collection brings together work by scholars from Britain, America and Canada on the popular, personal and institutional histories of pregnancy. It follows the process of reproduction from conception and contraception, to birth and parenthood. The contributors explore several key themes: narratives of pregnancy and birth, the patient-consumer, and literary representations of childbearing. This book explores how these issues have been constructed, represented and experienced in a range of geographical locations from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Crossing the boundary between the pre-modern and modern worlds, the chapters reveal the continuities, similarities and differences in understanding a process that is often, in the popular mind-set, considered to be fundamental and unchanging.

“This book provides some enjoyable reading on a variety of topics related to the main theme of the book. It provides a huge smorgasbord of interesting anecdotes on different topics and at different times in history … .” (William J. LeMaire, Marriage, Families & Spirituality, Vol. 25 (1), 2019)

ISBN: 9783319441672

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

251 pages

1st ed. 2017