Author: Joan Cadden
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0521483786
The Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages: Medicine, Science, and Culture (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)
This book explores the ways in which scientific ideas about sex differences in the later Middle Ages participated in the broader cultural assumptions about gender. Medical books The Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages. Professor Cadden discusses how medieval natural philosophical theories and medical notions about reproduction and sexual impulses and experiences intersected with ideas about such matters as the social roles of men and women, the purpose of marriage, and the road to salvation Medical books Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages Medici..., 9780521483780. Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages Medicine, Science, and Culture, ISBN-13: 9780521483780, ISBN-10: 0521483786
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Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages Medicine, Science, and Culture, ISBN-13: 9780521483780, ISBN-10: 0521483786
Categories: Gender identity->History, Medicine->History, Medieval, Gender identity->History. Contributors: Joan Cadden - Author. Format: Paperback
Categories: Gender identity->History, Medicine->History, Medieval, Gender identity->History. Contributors: Joan Cadden - Author. Format: Paperback
In describing and explaining the sexes, medicine and science participated in the delineation of what was "feminine" and what was "masculine" in the Middle Ages. Hildegard of Bingen and Albertus Magnus, among others, writing about gynecology, the human constitution, fetal development, or the naturalistic dimensions of divine Creation, became increasingly interested in issues surrounding reproduction and sexuality. Did women as well as men produce procreative seed? How did the physiology of the sexes influence their healthy states and their susceptibility to disease? Who derived more pleasure fr
Medical Book The Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages
Professor Cadden discusses how medieval natural philosophical theories and medical notions about reproduction and sexual impulses and experiences intersected with ideas about such matters as the social roles of men and women, the purpose of marriage, and the road to salvation. Grounded in history, feminist theory, and cultural studies, The Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages should appeal to a wide range of scholars and students.
