Medical bondage : race, gender, and the origins of American gynecology / Deirdre Cooper Owens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper Owens, Deirdre Benia, 1972- author.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gynecology--United States--History--19th century.

Gynecology.

Human experimentation in medicine--United States--History--19th century.

Human experimentation in medicine.

Enslaved women--Medical care--United States--History--19th century.

Enslaved women.

Irish American women--Medical care--United States--History--19th century.

Irish American women.

Gynecology--history.

Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation--history.

Racism--history.

Black or African American--history.

Enslaved Persons--history.

Vulnerable Populations.

History, 19th Century.

Medical care.

History.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Gynecology--history.

Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation--history.

Racism--history.

Black or African American--history.

Enslaved Persons--history.

Vulnerable Populations.

History, 19th Century.

United States.

Local Subjects:

United States.

Genre:

Government Publications, State.

Historical Works.

Physical Description:

xiv, 165 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2017]

Contents:

Introduction. American gynecology and black lives

The birth of American gynecology

Black women's experiences in slavery and medicine

Contested relations: slavery, sex, and medicine

Irish immigrant women and American gynecology

Historical black superbodies and the medical gaze

Afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-157) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780820351353

0820351350

OCLC:

981118004