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Angus Mclaren

Reproductive Rituals

The Perception of Fertility in England from the Sixteenth Century to the Nineteenth Century. Sprachen: Englisch. 21,6 cm / 14,0 cm / 1,2 cm ( B/H/T )
Buch (Softcover), 218 Seiten
EAN 9780367434519
Veröffentlicht Juni 2021
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Originally published in 1984 Reproductive Ritual examines fertility and re-production in pre-industrial England. This book provides a detailed understanding of historical attitudes towards conception family planning in pre-industrial England.

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Angus McLaren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction: History and Cultural Anthropology 1. The Pleasures of Procreation: Traditional and Biomedical Theories of Conception 2. 'To Remedy Barrenness and to Promote the Faculty of Generation': Promoting Fertility, 1500-1800 3. 'Excellent Recipes to Keep from Bearing Children': Restricting Fertility, 1500-1800 4. 'All Manner of Art, to the Help of Drugs and Physicians': Abortion as Birth Control 5. 'Converting this Measure of Security into a Crime': The Early Nineteenth-Century Abortion Laws Conclusion Notes Index

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