Maternal bodies : redefining motherhood in early America /

This new approach to the history of motherhood examines the role the female body played in defining motherhood from the mid-eighteenth century through the first half of the nineteenth century, demonstrating that physical representations or perceptions of the body were crucial to defining motherhood...

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Main Author: Doyle, Nora (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This new approach to the history of motherhood examines the role the female body played in defining motherhood from the mid-eighteenth century through the first half of the nineteenth century, demonstrating that physical representations or perceptions of the body were crucial to defining motherhood in different ways both for mothers themselves and for American culture at large.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 272 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469637204
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