History of Childbirth: Fertility, Pregnancy and Birth in Early Modern EuropeISBN: 978-0-7456-1840-1
Paperback
344 pages
August 1996, Polity
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Part I: The Rhythms of the Earth: The Mother of all Things:.
1. Man, the Earth and the Cosmos.
2. Daughter, Wife and Mother.
3. What if No Child Appears?.
4. The Cycle of Life.
Part II: Pregnancy: A Time of Hope, Suffering and Anxiety:.
5. The Body in Pregnancy.
6. The Experience of Pregnancy.
Part III: The Woman Giving Birth:.
7. The Society of Birth.
8. Hastening the Hour of Deliverance.
Part IV: Between Mother and Child:.
9. Birth: A Double Liberation.
10. Suffering to Give Life.
11. Stages in the Delivery.
12. The Placenta: Double of the Child.
13. The Governance of Mother and Child.
Part V: The Socialization of the Child:.
14. Welcoming the New Baby.
15. Socializing the Child: Giving a Name.
Part VI: The Divagations of Nature:.
16. The Falling of the Flower.
17. The Unripe Fruit.
18. Unnatural Delivery.
19. Death, the Greatest Aberration.
20. Where does the Beast End and Man Begin?.
Conclusion.
Notes.
Further Reading.