Women's Bodies: A Social History of Women's Encounter with Health, Ill-Health and Medicine (Pelican Ser.)
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- Synopsis
- What has been the source of women's oppression by men? Shorter argues that women were victimized by their own bodies. Exploring five centuries of medical records and folklore from Europe and the US, he shows how pregnancy, childbirth, and gynecological disease have kept women in positions of social
- Copyright:
- 1990
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781351471244
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781315135885, 9781138540682, 9781138540682, 9780887388484, 9780887388484
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 07/18/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Transaction Publishers
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Medicine, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.