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
Autor principal: Cooper Owens, Deirdre Benia, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Human experimentation in medicine.
Gynecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Medecine > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Americaines d'origine irlandaise > Soins medicaux > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Femmes esclaves > Soins medicaux > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Experimentation humaine en medecine > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Gynecologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
History, 19th Century
Vulnerable Populations
Enslaved Persons > history
African Americans > history
Racism > history
Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation > history
Gynecology > history
Irish American women > Medical care > United States > History > 19th century.
Women slaves > Medical care > United States > History > 19th century.
Human experimentation in medicine > United States > History > 19th century.
Gynecology > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
United States
History.
Historical Works.
Government Publications, State.
Electronic books.
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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