The Woman beneath the Skin: A Doctor’s Patients in

The Woman beneath the Skin: A Doctor’s Patients in Eighteenth-Century Germany

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. To illustrate this, 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.
Country USA
Brand Harvard University Press
Manufacturer Harvard University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 1998-01-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780674954045

The Woman beneath the Skin: A Doctor’s Patients in Eighteenth-Century Germany