The Science of Birth: Visions of the Female Body in the Making of Scientific Obstetrics in the 19th Century
This article deals with the production of specialized knowledge about the female body between the 19th and 20th centuries. Its main goal is to analyze the production of images displayed in obstetrics treatises and manuals published in Europe and used by Brazilian medical students and doctors. It...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2005-01-01
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| Series: | Revista Estudos Feministas |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/8382 |
| Summary: | This article deals with the production of specialized knowledge about the female body
between the 19th and 20th centuries. Its main goal is to analyze the production of images displayed
in obstetrics treatises and manuals published in Europe and used by Brazilian medical students
and doctors. It seeks to understand the realism of the medical-scientific images of the female
body as a means of expression of a new relationship between doctors and women, resulting from
the investigation methods used in anatomy-pathology laboratories and in the clinical examination
of pregnant women. |
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| ISSN: | 0104-026X 1806-9584 |