Vernacular bodies : the politics of reproduction in early modern England

Vernacular bodies : the politics of reproduction in early modern England / Mary E. Fissell.

Author/creator	Fissell, Mary Elizabeth
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Description	viii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Birth customs--England --History. Childbirth--England --History. Human reproduction--England --History. Human body--Social aspects --England. Human body--Symbolic aspects --England. Great Britain--Politics and government. Great Britain--History. England--Social life and customs.

Contents	Introduction -- Reforming the body -- The womb goes bad -- Protesting and preaching -- Henry Jessey, Sarah Wight, and the struggle to make women's bodies into knowledge -- Culpeper's radical book -- Reforming the family and refiguring the body in the English Revolution -- The restoration crisis in paternity -- Conclusions.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-276) and index.
LCCN	2004023734
ISBN	0199269882 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	GT2465.G7 F57 2004	✔ Available	Place Hold