Common bodies : women, touch and power in seventeenth-century England / Laura Gowing.

Author/creator Gowing, Laura
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003.
Descriptionviii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Women--England. --Social conditions. --17th century.
Women--England. --Sexual behavior. --History. --17th century.
Sexual ethics--England. --History. --17th century.
Motherhood--England. --History. --17th century.
Human body--Social aspects.

Contents Uncertain knowledge -- The politics of touch -- Consent and desire -- 'The child in me': perceiving pregnancy -- Childbed conflicts -- Precarious parenthood.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [210]-248) and index.
LCCN 2003012939
ISBN0300100965 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HQ1599.E5 G69 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold