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Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 2016 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 322 p. Contains: Unspecified.

ISBN10: 1469629402, ISBN13: 9781469629407, [publisher: The University of North Carolina Press] Softcover Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library.
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ISBN10: 1469629402, ISBN13: 9781469629407, [publisher: The University of North Carolina Press] Softcover
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University of North Carolina Press 11/28/2016 Paperback or Softback New in New jacket Reproduction and Its Discontents in Mexico: Childbirth and Contraception from 1750 to 1905 (Paperback or Softback)

ISBN10: 1469629402, ISBN13: 9781469629407, [publisher: The University of North Carolina Press 2016-11] Softcover
[Wallingford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2016]

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[Victoria, BC, Canada] [Publication Year: 2016]

Paperback / softback. New. Chronicles colonial and nineteenth-century beliefs and practices surrounding conception, pregnancy and its prevention, and birth. Tracking Mexico's transition from colony to nation, Nora E. Jaffary demonstrates the central role of reproduction in ideas about female sexuality and virtue, the development of modern Mexico, and the growth of modern medicine in the Latin American context. ISBN 1469629402 9781469629407 [GB]

ISBN10: 1469629402, ISBN13: 9781469629407, [publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr] Softcover 302 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2016]

The University of North Caroli 2016 paperback Good Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. ISBN 1469629402 9781469629407 [US]

ISBN10: 1469629402, ISBN13: 9781469629407, [publisher: The University Of North Carolina Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - In this history of childbirth and contraception in Mexico, Nora E. Jaffary chronicles colonial and nineteenth-century beliefs and practices surrounding conception, pregnancy and its prevention, and birth. Tracking Mexico's transition from colony to nation, Jaffary demonstrates the central role of reproduction in ideas about female sexuality and virtue, the development of modern Mexico, and the growth of modern medicine in the Latin American context.The story encompasses networks of people in all parts of society, from state and medical authorities to mothers and midwives, husbands and lovers, employers and neighbors. Jaffary focuses on key topics including virginity, conception, contraception and abortion, infanticide, 'monstrous' births, and obstetrical medicine. Her approach yields surprising insights into the emergence of modernity in Mexico. Over the course of the nineteenth century, for example, expectations of idealized womanhood and female sexual virtue gained rather than lost importance. In addition, rather than being obliterated by European medical practice, features of pre-Columbian obstetrical knowledge, especially of abortifacients, circulated among the Mexican public throughout the period under study. Jaffary details how, across time, localized contexts shaped the changing h ...
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