Mass hysteria : medicine, culture, and mothers' bodies / Rebecca Kukla.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kukla, Rebecca, 1969- author.

Series:

Explorations in bioethics and the medical humanities.

Explorations in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pregnancy--Psychological aspects.

Pregnancy.

Pregnant women--Europe--History.

Pregnant women.

Pregnant women--North America.

Pregnant women--Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Oxford, England : Rowman & Littlefield Publisher, Inc., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mass Hysteria examines the medical and cultural practices surrounding pregnancy, new motherhood, and infant feeding. Late eighteenth century transformations in these practices reshaped mothers' bodies, and contemporary norms and routines of prenatal care and early motherhood have inherited the legacy of that era. As a result, mothers are socially positioned in ways that can make it difficult for them to establish and maintain healthy and safe boundaries and appropriate divisions between public and private space.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; PART I; 1 Introduction: Impressionable Bodies; 2 Imbibing the Love of the Fatherland; 3 Splitting the Maternal Body; PART 2; 4 The Uterus as Public Theater; 5 Separation Anxiety; 6 Intimacy, Vulnerability, and the Politics of Discomfort; 7 Fixing the Boundaries of Mothers' Bodies; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7425-3357-3

1-4616-4001-6

OCLC:

856869460