| Women's Bodies: A Social History of Women's Encounter with Health, Ill-Health and Medicine Revised Edition Contributor(s): Shorter, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0887388485 ISBN-13: 9780887388484 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Social Science | Gender Studies - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 362.198 |
| LCCN: 89020672 |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.06" W x 8.98" (1.49 lbs) 414 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |