Reproduction and its discontents in Mexico : childbirth and contraception from 1750 to 1905 / Nora E. Jaffary.

Yer Numarası
A.IX/9852
ISBN
9781469629391 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781469629407 (pbk : alk. paper)
9781469629414 (ebook)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Eser Adının Farklı Biçimi
Childbirth and contraception from 1750 to 1905
Yayın Bilgisi
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2016.
Fiziksel Niteleme
xviii, 302 sayfa : resim, çizim, tıpkıbasım, tablo ; 23 cm
Genel Not
Sözlük s. [233]-234.
İndeks s. [297]-302.
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Bibliyografya s. [275]-295.
Bibliyografik notlar s. [235]-273.
İçindekiler Notu
Introduction : midwifery, monstrosity, and motherhood -- PART I. PURITY AND PRODUCTIVITY : UNDERSTANDING VIRGINITY, CONCEPTION, AND PREGNANCY. The evolution of virginity -- Conception and pregnancy -- PART II. THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF CONTRACEPTION, ABORTION, AND INFANTICIDE. Contraception and abortion -- Infanticide -- PART III. POPULATING THE PATRIA. Monstrous births -- Obstetrics, gynecology, and birth -- Conclusion : change and constancy in Mexico's reproductive history -- Appendix I. Abortion cases, 1823-1884 -- Appendix II. Infanticide cases, 1823-1897.