Women's Bodies: A Social History of Women's Encounter with Health, Ill-Health and Medicine

by Edward Shorter

This book describes how women's physical experience historically has affected the whole constellation of values that represents womanliness, and the constellation of power relationships that binds men and women together. It explores the role of herbs and of mechanical procedures for abortion.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138540684
• ISBN13: 9781138540682
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"