Menstruation and Procreation in Early Modern France Blood and Taboo |
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| Author:
| McClive, Cathy |
| Series title: | Women and Gender in the Early Modern World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4724-5381-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2015 |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $124.95 |
Book Description:
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Drawing on a wide range of sources, including medical, casuistic and judicial texts and manuscripts, court records and private documents, this study presents the first full-length discussion of menstruation in early modern France. By extension it is also a book about gender relations, in its exploration of how attitudes to blood and menstruation offer the historian a window into early modern concepts of the body, sexual and gender difference and procreation.
Drawing on a wide range of sources, including medical, casuistic and judicial texts and manuscripts, court records and private documents, this study presents the first full-length discussion of menstruation in early modern France. By extension it is also a book about gender relations, in its exploration of how attitudes to blood and menstruation offer the historian a window into early modern concepts of the body, sexual and gender difference and procreation.