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Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Renate, 1952- author.

Title Not of Woman Born : Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture / Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski.

Publication Info.	Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
	Š1991

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Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource : 27 halftones
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Contents	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Caesarean Birth in Medical Thought -- 2. Caesarean Birth in the Artistic Imagination -- 3. The Marginalization of Women in Obstetrics -- 4. Saintly and Satanic Obstetricians -- Appendix Creative Etymology: "Caesarean Section" from Pliny to Rousset -- Annotated List of Illustrations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Language	In English.
Note	Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019).
Summary	Examining representations of Caesarean birth in legend and art and tracing its history in medical writing, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski addresses the web of religious, ethical, and cultural questions concerning abdominal delivery in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance ...
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-197) and index.
Subject	Cesarean section -- Europe -- History.
	Cesarean section in art.
	Medical illustration -- History.
	Renaissance.
	Césarienne -- Europe -- Histoire.
	Illustration médicale -- Histoire.
	Renaissance.
	Renaissance.
	Literary studies: classical, early & medieval.
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval.
	Cesarean section
	Cesarean section in art
	Medical illustration
	Renaissance
	Europe https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxCxPbbk4CPJDQJb4r6rq
Indexed Term	Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval
Genre/Form	Dictionary
	dictionaries.
	History
	Dictionaries.
	Dictionnaires.
Other Form:	0-8014-9974-7
	1-5017-4047-4
ISBN	9781501740480
	1501740482
	1501740490
	9781501740497
Standard No.	10.7591/9781501740480 doi
	AU@ 000074026676