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Midwiving Subjects in Shakespeare's England

Midwiving Subjects in Shakespeare's England( )
Author: Bicks, Caroline
Series title:Women and Gender in the Early Modern World Ser.
ISBN:978-1-315-24897-4
Publication Date:Jul 2017
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Group
Imprint:Routledge
Book Format:Digital (delivered electronically)
List Price:USD $59.95
Book Description:

At the intersections of early modern literature and history, Shakespeare and Women's Studies, Midwiving Subjects explores how Shakespearean drama and contemporary medical, religious and popular texts figured the midwife as a central producer of the body's cultural markers. In addition to attending most Englishwomen's births and testifying to their in extremis confessions about paternity, the midwife allegedly controlled the size of one's tongue and genitals at birth and was obligated...
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