The Woman Beneath the Skin: A Doctor's Patients in Eighteenth-Century Germany (Revised)

The Woman Beneath the Skin

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The Woman Beneath the Skin: A Doctor's Patients in Eighteenth-Century Germany (Revised)
  • The Woman Beneath the Skin: A Doctor's Patients in Eighteenth-Century Germany (Revised)
  • The Woman Beneath the Skin: A Doctor's Patients in Eighteenth-Century Germany (Revised)
The Woman Beneath the Skin

The Woman Beneath the Skin

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$32.00
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In this provocative study Barbara Duden asserts that the most basic biological and medical terms that we use to describe our own bodies--male and female, healthy or sick--are indeed cultural constructions. Duden delves into the records of an eighteenth-century German physician who meticulously documented the medical histories of eighteen hundred women of all ages and backgrounds, often in their own words. This unparalleled record of complaints, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments reveals a deeply alien understanding of the female body and its functions.

Book Details

ISBN
9780674954045
Binding
Paperback
Authors
Barbara Duden
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Published Date
January 30, 1998
Language
English
Pages
256
Physical Info
0.55 in H x 9.03 in L x 5.9 in W (0.76 lb)

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