Birthing a slave : motherhood and medicine in the antebellum South

Birthing a slave : motherhood and medicine in the antebellum South / Marie Jenkins Schwartz.

Author/creator	Schwartz, Marie Jenkins, 1946-
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Publication Info	Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Description	ix, 401 pages ; 21 cm
Subject(s)	Childbirth--Southern States --History --19th century. Obstetrics--Southern States --History --19th century. Gynecology--Southern States --History --19th century. Motherhood--Southern States --History --19th century. Reproductive health--Southern States --History --19th century. Enslaved women--Health and hygiene --Southern States --History --19th century. Enslaved women--Medical care --Southern States --History --19th century. African American women--Health and hygiene --Southern States --History --19th century. African American women--Medical care --Southern States --History --19th century. Medicine--Southern States --History --19th century. Maternal Health Services--history. Obstetrics--history. Reproductive Behavior--history.

Contents	Procreation -- Healers -- Fertility -- Pregnancy -- Childbirth -- Postnatal complications -- Gynecological surgery -- Cancer and other tumors -- Freedwomen's health.
Abstract	"The deprivations and cruelty of slavery have overshadowed our understanding of the institution's most human dimension: birth. We often don't realize that after the United States stopped importing slaves in 1808, births were more important than ever; slavery and the southern way of life could continue only through babies born into bondage. Birthing a slave depicts the competing approaches to reproductive health that evolved on plantations, as both black women and white men sought to enhance the health of enslaved mothers--in very different ways and for entirely different reasons."--Page 4 of cover.
General note	Originally published: 2006.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-390) and index.
ISBN	9780674034921 (pbk.)
ISBN	0674034929 (pbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	WQ 11 AA1 S399B 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold