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Titre(s) : Pregnancy and childbirth in the premodern world [Texte imprimé] : european and middle eastern cultures, from late antiquity to the Renaissance / edited by Costanza Gislon Dopfel, Alessandra Foscati and Charles Burnett
Publication : Turnhout (Belgique) : Brepols, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXIV-357 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Cursor mundi ; 36
Lien à la collection : Cursor mundi
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 341-345. Notes bibliogr. Index
This volume of contributions from international scholars offers a cross-cultural and
multi-period analysis of pregnancy and childbirth traditions in Western and Middle
Eastern cultures. The studies focus on the ideas, practices, and visual representations
surrounding pregnancy and birth-giving from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance and
offer the reader the possibility of observing the perception, representation, and
theoretic paradigm of these events in a wide range of cultural contexts. The collection
fits within multiple traditions of specialized scholarship, yet its scope suggests
a geographically global approach and a new, multicultural methodology that encompasses
a wide range of practices, historical periods, and topics. On one hand, it participates
in the well-established medical, historical, and iconographic discourse on childbirth
and family that has enticed much interest over the last two decades; on the other,
its unique thematic structure includes cultures and periods previously ignored in
similar collections of essays. The articles span from Northern Europe to the Mediterranean,
the Middle East, and India, and connect the experience of childbirth to the exchanges
of knowledge, religious beliefs, and social practices. With its variety of topics
and specializations, the volume encourages a global comparative approach to the cultural
narrative surrounding the activities and attitudes connected to conception and birth,
paying particular attention to material culture, religion, history, and iconography,
as well as to the exchange and dispersion of medical knowledge
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Gislon Dopfel, Costanza. Éditeur scientifique
Foscati, Alessandra. Éditeur scientifique
Burnett, Charles (1951-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Accouchement -- Europe -- Moyen âge
Accouchement -- Moyen-Orient -- Moyen âge
Grossesse -- Europe -- Moyen âge
Grossesse -- Moyen-Orient -- Moyen âge
Manuscrits médiévaux
Genre ou forme : Études comparatives
Indice(s) Dewey :
618.200 9 (23e éd.) = Obstétrique - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9782503580555. - ISBN 2503580556. - ISBN 9782503580562 (erroné) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45696884k
Notice n° :
FRBNF45696884
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