Medical bondage: race, gender, and the origins of American gynecology

Deirdre Cooper Owens

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Table of Contents:: Introduction. American gynecology and black lives
The birth of American gynecology
Black women's experiences in slavery and medicine
Contested relations: slavery, sex, and medicine
Irish immigrant women and American gynecology
Historical black superbodies and the medical gaze
Afterword.
Author/Creator:: Cooper Owens, Deirdre Benia, 1972- , author
Languages:: English
Language Notes:: Item content: English
Main Work:: Medical bondage: race, gender, and the origins of American gynecology [by Cooper Owens, D.B.]
Subjects:: Gynecology — United States — History — 19th century
Human experimentation in medicine — United States — History — 19th century
Enslaved women — Medical care — United States — History — 19th century
Irish American women — Medical care — United States — History — 19th century
1800-1899
Human experimentation in medicine
Women slaves
Medical care
Irish American women
Gynecology
United States
Genres:: History
General Notes:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-157) and index.
Physical Description:: xiv, 165 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Numbers:: RG67.U6 C66 2018
ISBNs:: 0820354759 (paperback)
9780820354750 (paperback)
9780820351353 (hardback, alk. paper)
0820351350 (hardback, alk. paper)
OCLC Numbers:: 1030910725