ISBN:
080188053X
,
9780801880537
Language:
English
Pages:
xx, 276 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
23 cm
Edition:
Johns Hopkins paperbacks edition
Series Statement:
Ancient society and history
DDC:
305.4/09495
Keywords:
Women History
;
Women Social conditions
;
Pregnancy History
;
Childbirth History
;
Feminist theory
;
History, Ancient
;
Home childbirth History
;
Women's health History
;
Obstetrics History
;
Death History
;
Greece Civilization
;
Greece
;
Griechenland
;
Frau
;
Schwangerschaft
;
Mutterschaft
;
Geburt
;
Tod
Description / Table of Contents:
The lives of Greek women -- Hippocratic medicine and the Epidemics -- The treatment of female patients in the Epidemics -- The risks of childbirth -- Appeal to the gods -- Acculturation to early childbearing -- The attitudes of the Polis to childbirth: putting women into the grid -- Women and children: issues of control.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-267) and indexes
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