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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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oapen-20.500.12657-306592021-11-15T08:22:55Z Medical Bondage Owens, Deirdre Cooper History scientific racism history of medicine african american studies gynecology women's studies slavery emancipation jim crow Black people Childbirth Gynaecology White people 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's lives—not just their bodies—part of an origins story of American medicine (one that has largely been told with an exclusive focus on white male historical actors). 2018-01-01 23:55:55 2020-03-17 03:00:33 2020-04-01T13:06:29Z 2020-04-01T13:06:29Z 2017-11-15 book 644220 OCN: 1028048592 9780820353036 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30659 eng application/pdf n/a 644220.pdf University of Georgia Press 10.2307/j.ctt1pwt69x 101097 10.2307/j.ctt1pwt69x 25ea5615-a9f6-4ccc-a987-bd79b04114e2 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780820353036 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Athens 101097 KU Select 2017: Front list Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access |
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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's lives—not just their bodies—part of an origins story of American medicine (one that has largely been told with an exclusive focus on white male historical actors). |
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