Menstruation and Procreation in Early Modern France

By Cathy McClive

Early modern bodies, particularly menstruating and pregnant bodies, were not stable signifiers. Menstruation and Procreation in Early Modern France presents the first full-length discussion of menstruation and its uncertain connections with embodied sex, gender and reproduction in early modern France. It destabilizes long-standing assumptions about the 'gendering' of menstruation and raises important questions about the nature of historical evidence and bodily truths.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754666034
• ISBN13: 9780754666035
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"