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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