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Reproduction and its discontents in Mexico : childbirth and contraception from 1750 to 1905 / Nora E. Jaffary.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jaffary, Nora E., 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Childbirth--Mexico--History.
- Childbirth.
- Contraception--Mexico--History.
- Contraception.
- History.
- Mexico.
- Parturition.
- Contraception--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Parturition.
- Contraception--history.
- Mexico.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 302 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- Introduction: midwifery, monstrosity, and motherhood
- Purity and productivity: perceiving virginity, conception, and pregnancy
- The evolution of virginity
- Conception and pregnancy
- The hidden history of contraception, abortion, and infanticide
- Contraception and abortion
- Infanticide
- Populating the Patria
- Monstrous births
- Obstetrics, gynecology, and birth
- Conclusion: change and constancy in Mexico's reproductive history
- Appendix I. Abortion cases, 1823-1884
- Appendix II. Infanticide cases, 1823-1897.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781469629391
- 1469629399
- 9781469629407
- 1469629402
- OCLC:
- 933765568
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