The Reproductive Unconscious in Medieval and Early Modern EnglandDrawing together social and medical history and literary studies, The Reproductive Unconscious in Late Medieval and Early Modern England studies the social practices and metaphorical representations of childbirth in medieval and early modern texts and argues for the existence of a "reproductive unconscious." Discussing midwifery treatises, obstetrical and gynecological manuals, and devotional texts written for or by women, the author illustrates the ways in which medieval and early modern men and women negotiated a conflict between the ideological and material need of the culture for them to procreate, and an ideological injunction that they remain virginal and non-procreative. |
Contents
Birth Communities and the History of Womens Medical Texts | 1 |
Theologized Maternity in Julian of Norwichs | 25 |
Images of Childbirth and | 43 |
Female Textual | 61 |
Notes | 89 |
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The Reproductive Unconscious in Late Medieval and Early Modern England Jennifer Wynne Hellwarth No preview available - 2016 |
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