Описание: In this history of childbirth and contraception in Mexico, Nora E. Jaffarychronicles colonial and nineteenth-century beliefs and practices surroundingconception, pregnancy and its prevention, and birth. Tracking Mexico’stransition from colony to nation, Jaffary demonstrates the central role ofreproduction in ideas about female sexuality and virtue, the development ofmodern Mexico, and the growth of modern medicine in the Latin Americancontext.The story encompasses networks of people in all parts of society, fromstate and medical authorities to mothers and midwives, husbands and lovers,employers and neighbours. Jaffary focuses on key topics including virginity,conception, contraception and abortion, infanticide, “monstrous” births, andobstetrical medicine. Her approach yields surprising insights into the emergenceof modernity in Mexico. Over the course of the nineteenth century,for example, expectations of idealised womanhood and female sexual virtuegained rather than lost importance. In addition, rather than being obliteratedby European medical practice, features of pre-Columbian obstetricalknowledge, especially of abortifacients, circulated among the Mexican publicthroughout the period under study. Jaffary details how, across time, localisedcontexts shaped the changing history of reproduction, contraception, andmaternity.
Автор: Jaffary, Nora E. Osowski, Edward W. Porter, Susie Название: Mexican history ISBN: 0813343348 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813343341 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 9645.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is a comprehensive and innovative primary source reader in Mexican history from the pre-Columbian past to the neoliberal present. It thoughtfully conveys enduring themes of Mexican history while also incorporating recent advances in scholarly research on the frontier, urban life, popular culture, race and ethnicity, and gender.
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