Cultural constructions of the uterus in pre-modern societies, past and present /

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This volume addresses a set of historical questions that explore the multiple aspects associated with the uterus through the dissection of both learned and popular sources, material evidence, daily practices, iconography, and representation. It transcends Eurocentric models of understanding and repr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Couto-Ferreira, M. Erica (Editor ), Verderame, L. (Lorenzo) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
Temas:
Uterus > Philosophy.
Women > Philosophy.
Femininity (Philosophy)
Uterus.
Culture.
Medicine, Medieval.
Woman (Philosophy)
Uterus
Femininity > history
Human Body
Culture
History, Ancient
History, Medieval
Utérus > Philosophie.
Femme (Philosophie)
Féminité (Philosophie)
Utérus.
Médecine médiévale.
culture note.
culture (concept)
Social & cultural history.
History.
Humanities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Medicine, Medieval
Women > Philosophy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Iron Age saunas of NW Spain as metaphors of the uterus / Marco V. García Quintela
  • 2. Uterine architecture : womb and space in Sumero-Akkadian sources / M. Erica Couto-Ferreira
  • 3. Dalle sette caverne alla sala parto : un excursus su concezioni e pratiche intorno all'utero nel Messico antico e moderno / Alessandro Lupo
  • 4. Aspects of the womb and embracing the dead in ancient Egypt / Cathie Spieser
  • 5. A cold place, a hot place : female matrix in the Aristotelian theory of generation / Marzia Soardi
  • 6. Amuleti e medicina : rimedi per problemi mestruali / Attilio Mastrocinque
  • 7. The maternal womb in Greek culture : some notes on the importance of shapes, caves and their healing, life-giving springs / Evy Johanne Håland
  • 8. The womb of the Church : uterine expulsion in the early Middle Ages / Zubin Mistry.

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