Cultural constructions of the uterus in pre-modern societies, past and present

Cultural constructions of the uterus in pre-modern societies, past and present / edited by M. Erica Couto-Ferreira and Lorenzo Verderame.

This volume addresses a set of historical questions that explore the multiple aspects associated with the uterus through the dissection of both learned and popular sources, material evidence, daily practices, iconography, and representation. It transcends Eurocentric models of understanding and repr...

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Other Authors: Couto-Ferreira, M. Erica (Editor), Verderame, L. (Lorenzo) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Italian
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
Subjects:
Uterus > Philosophy.
Women > Philosophy.
Femininity (Philosophy)
Uterus.
Culture.
Medicine, Medieval.
Woman (Philosophy)
Medicine, Ancient.
culture note.
culture (concept)
Social & cultural history.
History.
Humanities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Uterus
Medicine, Medieval
Culture
Women > Philosophy
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Iron Age saunas of NW Spain as metaphors of the uterus / Marco V. García Quintela
  • 2. Uterine architecture : womb and space in Sumero-Akkadian sources / M. Erica Couto-Ferreira
  • 3. Dalle sette caverne alla sala parto : un excursus su concezioni e pratiche intorno all'utero nel Messico antico e moderno / Alessandro Lupo
  • 4. Aspects of the womb and embracing the dead in ancient Egypt / Cathie Spieser
  • 5. A cold place, a hot place : female matrix in the Aristotelian theory of generation / Marzia Soardi
  • 6. Amuleti e medicina : rimedi per problemi mestruali / Attilio Mastrocinque
  • 7. The maternal womb in Greek culture : some notes on the importance of shapes, caves and their healing, life-giving springs / Evy Johanne Håland
  • 8. The womb of the Church : uterine expulsion in the early Middle Ages / Zubin Mistry.

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