Maternal bodies : redefining motherhood in early America / Nora Doyle.
| Author/creator | Doyle, Nora author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018] |
| Description | pages cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | In search of the maternal body -- The tyrannical womb and the disappearing mother: the maternal body in medical literature -- Writing the body: the work of the body in women's childbearing narratives -- The highest pleasure of which woman's nature is capable: breastfeeding and the emergence of the sentimental mother -- Good mothers and wet nurses: breastfeeding and the fracturing of sentimental motherhood -- The fantasy of the transcendent mother: the disembodiment of the mother in popular feminine print culture -- Imagining the slave mother: sentimentalism and embodiment in antislavery print culture -- In search of the maternal body past and present. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2017026941 |
| ISBN | 9781469637181 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1469637189 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781469637198 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1469637197 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ759 .D69 2018 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |