ISBN:
152751434X
,
9781527514348
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (vi, 174 pages)
,
illustrations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Cultural constructions of the uterus in pre-modern societies, past and present
DDC:
305.409
Keywords:
Women Philosophy
;
Femininity (Philosophy)
;
Uterus Philosophy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
Social & cultural history
;
History
;
Humanities
;
Femininity (Philosophy)
;
Women ; Philosophy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This volume addresses a set of historical questions that explore the multiple aspects associated with the uterus through the dissection of both learned and popular sources, material evidence, daily practices, iconography, and representation. It transcends Eurocentric models of understanding and representing the female body by bringing into the discussion a number of case studies taken from a larger number of cultural and social historical realities, including the Mediterranean, the Ancient Near East, Pre-Columbian America, East Asia, and Medieval Europe, that are explored from the methodologic
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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