Book ID: CBB814819002

Giving Birth in Eighteenth-century England (2022)

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Sarah Fox (Author)


University of London Press


Publication Date: 2022
Physical Details: 239
Language: English

This fascinating new book radically rewrites all that we know about eighteenth-century childbirth by placing women's voices at the centre of the story. From quickening through to confinement, giving caudle, delivery and lying-in, birth was once a complex ritual that involved entire communities. Drawing on an extensive and under-researched body of materials, such as letters, diaries and recipe books, this book offers critical new perspectives on the history of the family and community. It explores the rituals of childbirth, from birthing clothing to the foods traditionally eaten before and after birth, and also how a woman's relationship with her family, husband, friends and neighbours changed during pregnancy and beyond. In this important and deeply moving study, we are invited on a detailed and emotive journey through motherhood in an age of immense intellectual and sociocultural change.

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Review Mathieu Laflamme (2022) Review of "Giving Birth in Eighteenth-century England". Canadian Journal of Health History/Revue canadienne d’histoire de la santé (pp. 465-468). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Arena, Francesca
Michelle Millar Fisher
Sara Matthiesen
Johnson, Erin Nicole
Baernstein, P. Renee
Waggoner, Miranda R.
Concepts
Obstetrics and pregnancy
Childbirth
Women and health
Mothers and children
Medicine and society
Motherhood
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
21st century
20th century
17th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
England
Southern states (U.S.)
Wales
China
Croatia
Institutions
Universität Göttingen
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