Cultural constructions of the uterus in pre-modern societies, past and present /
Cultural constructions of the uterus in pre-modern societies, past and present /
edited by M. Erica Couto-Ferreira and Lorenzo Verderame.
- 1 online resource (vi, 174 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references.
The Iron Age saunas of NW Spain as metaphors of the uterus / Uterine architecture : womb and space in Sumero-Akkadian sources / Dalle sette caverne alla sala parto : un excursus su concezioni e pratiche intorno all'utero nel Messico antico e moderno / Aspects of the womb and embracing the dead in ancient Egypt / A cold place, a hot place : female matrix in the Aristotelian theory of generation / Amuleti e medicina : rimedi per problemi mestruali / The maternal womb in Greek culture : some notes on the importance of shapes, caves and their healing, life-giving springs / The womb of the Church : uterine expulsion in the early Middle Ages / Marco V. García Quintela -- M. Erica Couto-Ferreira -- Alessandro Lupo -- Cathie Spieser -- Marzia Soardi -- Attilio Mastrocinque -- Evy Johanne Håland -- Zubin Mistry. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
This volume addresses a set of historical questions that explore the multiple aspects associated with the uterus through the dissection of both learned and popular sources, material evidence, daily practices, iconography, and representation. It transcends Eurocentric models of understanding and representing the female body by bringing into the discussion a number of case studies taken from a larger number of cultural and social historical realities, including the Mediterranean, the Ancient Near East, Pre-Columbian America, East Asia, and Medieval Europe, that are explored from the methodologic.
Text in English and Italian.
9781527514348 (electronic bk.) 152751434X (electronic bk.)
9781527514348 Cambridge Scholars Publishing
2020478138
GBB8F0415 bnb GBB890049 bnb
019001146 Uk 101750391 DNLM 018869602 Uk
Uterus--Philosophy.
Women--Philosophy.
Femininity (Philosophy)
Uterus.
Culture.
Medicine, Medieval.
Uterus
Femininity--history
Human Body
Culture
History, Ancient
History, Medieval
Utérus--Philosophie.
Femmes--Philosophie.
Féminité (Philosophie)
Utérus.
Culture.
Médecine médiévale.
culture note.
Social & cultural history.
History.
Humanities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Femininity (Philosophy)
Women--Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HQ1122 / .C88 2018eb
305.409
2019 F-867 WP 400
Includes bibliographical references.
The Iron Age saunas of NW Spain as metaphors of the uterus / Uterine architecture : womb and space in Sumero-Akkadian sources / Dalle sette caverne alla sala parto : un excursus su concezioni e pratiche intorno all'utero nel Messico antico e moderno / Aspects of the womb and embracing the dead in ancient Egypt / A cold place, a hot place : female matrix in the Aristotelian theory of generation / Amuleti e medicina : rimedi per problemi mestruali / The maternal womb in Greek culture : some notes on the importance of shapes, caves and their healing, life-giving springs / The womb of the Church : uterine expulsion in the early Middle Ages / Marco V. García Quintela -- M. Erica Couto-Ferreira -- Alessandro Lupo -- Cathie Spieser -- Marzia Soardi -- Attilio Mastrocinque -- Evy Johanne Håland -- Zubin Mistry. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
This volume addresses a set of historical questions that explore the multiple aspects associated with the uterus through the dissection of both learned and popular sources, material evidence, daily practices, iconography, and representation. It transcends Eurocentric models of understanding and representing the female body by bringing into the discussion a number of case studies taken from a larger number of cultural and social historical realities, including the Mediterranean, the Ancient Near East, Pre-Columbian America, East Asia, and Medieval Europe, that are explored from the methodologic.
Text in English and Italian.
9781527514348 (electronic bk.) 152751434X (electronic bk.)
9781527514348 Cambridge Scholars Publishing
2020478138
GBB8F0415 bnb GBB890049 bnb
019001146 Uk 101750391 DNLM 018869602 Uk
Uterus--Philosophy.
Women--Philosophy.
Femininity (Philosophy)
Uterus.
Culture.
Medicine, Medieval.
Uterus
Femininity--history
Human Body
Culture
History, Ancient
History, Medieval
Utérus--Philosophie.
Femmes--Philosophie.
Féminité (Philosophie)
Utérus.
Culture.
Médecine médiévale.
culture note.
Social & cultural history.
History.
Humanities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Femininity (Philosophy)
Women--Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HQ1122 / .C88 2018eb
305.409
2019 F-867 WP 400