Maternal Bodies Redefining Motherhood in Early America
This new approach to the history of motherhood examines the role the female body played in defining motherhood from the mid-eighteenth century through the first half of the nineteenth century, demonstrating that physical representations or perceptions of the body were crucial to defining motherhood...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill, NC
The University of North Carolina Press
2018
Chapel Hill : [2018] |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423656306719 |
| Sumario: | This new approach to the history of motherhood examines the role the female body played in defining motherhood from the mid-eighteenth century through the first half of the nineteenth century, demonstrating that physical representations or perceptions of the body were crucial to defining motherhood in different ways both for mothers themselves and for American culture at large. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 272 pages :) illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9798890850997 9781469637211 9781469637204 |
