Not of Woman Born : Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture

Not of Woman Born Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture

"Not of woman born, the Fortunate, the Unborn"-the terms designating those born by Caesarean section in medieval and Renaissance Europe were mysterious and ambiguous. Examining representations of Caesarean birth in legend and art and tracing its history in medical writing, Renate Blumenfel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Renate, 1952- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 1990.
Subjects:
Renaissance.
Medical illustration > History.
Cesarean section in art.
Cesarean section > Europe > History.
Electronic books.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424431306719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Caesarean Birth in Medical Thought
  • 2. Caesarean Birth in the Artistic Imagination
  • 3. The Marginalization of Women in Obstetrics
  • 4. Saintly and Satanic Obstetricians
  • Appendix Creative Etymology: "Caesarean Section" from Pliny to Rousset
  • Annotated List of Illustrations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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