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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kirk D. ReadPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138262027ISBN 10: 1138262021 Pages: 220 Publication Date: 15 November 2016 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Of Birthing Bodies in Early Modern France; Chapter 1 Spying at the Lying-In: Les Caquets de l’accouchée as Birthing Event; Chapter 2 Staging the Competent Midwife: The Royal Birth Stories of François Rabelais and Louise Boursier; Chapter 3 Touching and Telling: Gendered Variations on a Gynecological Theme; Chapter 4 Assimilation with a Vengeance: Maternity without Women in Male French Renaissance Lyric; Chapter 5 Unstable Bodies: Birthing Monstrosities in Early Modern France; Chapter 6 Strange Fellows in Bed: Exotic Men’s Postpartum Blues; Chapter 7 Postpartum;ReviewsA Yankee Book Peddler UK Core Title for 2011 'This study, which explores a range of birthing bodies, female and male, and analyses striking associations of texts, will be of interest to all those - not just sixteenth- and seventeenth-century scholars - who work on the complexities of sex boundaries and non-normative gender identities.' Wendy Perkins, University of Birmingham, UK 'The richness of the encounters which Read constructs means that his book will appeal not only to those working on early modern France, but to scholars with an interest in historical and contemporary notions of gender and its connections with creativity.' British Journal for the History of Science 'Birthing Bodies is an eclectic, stimulating analysis that unpicks a plethora of associations made with the idea of childhood in early modern France... Read often raises questions in the manner of an enthusiastic class teacher, and some material will certainly be accessible to undergraduate students. Researchers, meanwhile, will find themselves refreshingly challenged to recognize and reconsider the labile properties of the early modern pregnant body and its adjuncts.' Renaissance Quarterly 'Read is clearly knowledgeable, widely read, and politically engaged in his work... a rich collection of materials and ideas to consider.' Bulletin of the History of Medicine 'This study ranges widely over a surprising number of texts of the period and includes extensive references to current gender theory. There are fourteen useful illustrations.' French Studies 'Kirk Read’s fine study contributes to the growing body of work that synthesizes earlier feminist readings of history and letters with more nuanced perspectives on gender and sexuality... Birthing Bodies has been extraordinarily engaging, entertaining, and persuasive.' Sixteenth Century Journal 'Birthing Bodies contributes to both historical and literary studies, pointing out and challenging the binaries of good and bad traditionally ascribed t A Yankee Book Peddler UK Core Title for 2011 'This study, which explores a range of birthing bodies, female and male, and analyses striking associations of texts, will be of interest to all those - not just sixteenth- and seventeenth-century scholars - who work on the complexities of sex boundaries and non-normative gender identities.' Wendy Perkins, University of Birmingham, UK 'The richness of the encounters which Read constructs means that his book will appeal not only to those working on early modern France, but to scholars with an interest in historical and contemporary notions of gender and its connections with creativity.' British Journal for the History of Science 'Birthing Bodies is an eclectic, stimulating analysis that unpicks a plethora of associations made with the idea of childhood in early modern France... Read often raises questions in the manner of an enthusiastic class teacher, and some material will certainly be accessible to undergraduate students. Researchers, meanwhile, will find themselves refreshingly challenged to recognize and reconsider the labile properties of the early modern pregnant body and its adjuncts.' Renaissance Quarterly 'Read is clearly knowledgeable, widely read, and politically engaged in his work... a rich collection of materials and ideas to consider.' Bulletin of the History of Medicine 'This study ranges widely over a surprising number of texts of the period and includes extensive references to current gender theory. There are fourteen useful illustrations.' French Studies 'Kirk Read's fine study contributes to the growing body of work that synthesizes earlier feminist readings of history and letters with more nuanced perspectives on gender and sexuality... Birthing Bodies has been extraordinarily engaging, entertaining, and persuasive.' Sixteenth Century Journal 'Birthing Bodies contributes to both historical and literary studies, pointing out and challenging the binaries of good and bad traditionally ascribed t Author InformationKirk D. Read is an Associate Professor of French in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Bates College, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |