Medical bondage : race, gender, and the origins of American gynecology /

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Medical Bondage explores how, in the nineteenth century, experimental surgeries on enslaved and laboring women enabled the rise of American gynecology as a medical specialty, and shaped our understanding of race. Merging women's, medical, and social history, the book makes Black and Irish women...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cooper Owens, Deirdre Benia, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2017]
Temas:
1800-1899
Gynecology > United States > History > 19th century.
Human experimentation in medicine > United States > History > 19th century.
Enslaved women > Medical care > United States > History > 19th century.
Irish American women > Medical care > United States > History > 19th century.
Gynecology > history
Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation > history
Racism > history
Black or African American > history.
Enslaved Persons > history
Vulnerable Populations
History, 19th Century
Gynécologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Expérimentation humaine en médecine > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes esclaves > Soins médicaux > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Américaines d'origine irlandaise > Soins médicaux > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Gynecology.
Human experimentation in medicine.
United States
United States.
History.
scientific racism.
history of medicine.
african american studies.
gynecology.
women's studies.
slavery.
emancipation.
jim crow.
Government Publications, State.
Historical Works.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. American gynecology and black lives
  • The birth of American gynecology
  • Black women's experiences in slavery and medicine
  • Contested relations: slavery, sex, and medicine
  • Irish immigrant women and American gynecology
  • Historical black superbodies and the medical gaze
  • Afterword.

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