| The Woman Beneath the Skin: A Doctor's Patients in Eighteenth-Century Germany Revised Edition Contributor(s): Duden, Barbara (Author), Dunlap, Thomas (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0674954041 ISBN-13: 9780674954045 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 Annotation: In this provocative study, Barbara Duden asserts that the most basic biological and medical terms that we use to describe our own bodies--male and female, healthy or sick--are indeed cultural constructions. To illustrate this, Duden delves into the records of an eighteenth-century German physician who meticulously documented the medical histories of eighteen hundred women of all ages and backgrounds, often in their own words. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Europe - Germany - Medical | History |
| Dewey: 618 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.9" W x 9.03" (0.76 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Germany - Ethnic Orientation - German - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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| Publisher Description: In this provocative study Barbara Duden asserts that the most basic biological and medical terms that we use to describe our own bodies--male and female, healthy or sick--are indeed cultural constructions. Duden delves into the records of an eighteenth-century German physician who meticulously documented the medical histories of eighteen hundred women of all ages and backgrounds, often in their own words. This unparalleled record of complaints, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments reveals a deeply alien understanding of the female body and its functions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Duden, Barbara: - Barbara Duden has been on the faculty of the Science, Technology, and Society Program at Pennsylvania State University and is currently a Fellow at the Institute for Cultural Studies, Essen, Germany. |