Jordanova, Ludmilla J. (Author)
Longman
Physical Details: xii + 260 pp.; illus.; notes; bibl.; index
Description Collection of previously published essays. Contents: 1. Cultural effort: An introductory essay. 2. Feminine figures: Nature display'd. 3. Nature's powers: A reading of the distinction between creation and production. 4. Melancholy reflection: Constructing an identity for unveilers of nature. 5. The authoritarian response: The French Revolution and the Englightenment. 6. The popularisation of medicine: Tissot on onanism. 7. Medical mediations: Mind, body and the guillotine. 8. Guarding the body politic: Volney's Laws of nature. 9. Policing public health in France 1780-1815. 10. Naturalising the family: Literature and the bio-medical sciences of the late 18th century. 11. Gender, generation and science: William Hunter's obstetrical atlas. 12. Cultures of kinship.
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