Birth figures : early modern prints and the pregnant body / Rebecca Whiteley.
Whiteley, Rebecca, author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2023
RG518.E85 W45 2023
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Birth figures : early modern prints and the pregnant body / Rebecca Whiteley.
Author
Whiteley, Rebecca, author.
ISBN
9780226823133
022682313X
9780226823126
0226823121
Published
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2023.
Language
English
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1 online resource
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RG518.E85 W45 2023
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618.20094
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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Introduction: picturing pregnancy
Part I: Early printed birth figures (1540-1672). Using images in midwifery practice; Pluralistic images and the early modern body
Part II: Birth figures as agents of change (1672-1751). Visual experiments; Visualizing touch and defining a professional persona
Part III: The birth figure persists (1751-1774). Challenging the Hunterian hegemony
Conclusion.

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