Pregnancy, Shipment, Childbirth, A Gender and Cultural History from Antiquity to the Test Tube in Europe

This book reconstructs the history of conception, pregnancy and childbirth in Europe from antiquity to the 20 th century, focusing on its most considerable turning points: the introduction of a medical-scientific method to delivery in Ancient Greece, the effect of Christianity, the establishment of the man-midwife in the 18 th century, the medicalisation of giving birth, the development of a new representation of the foetus as “unborn resident”, and, lastly, the revolution of reproductive innovations. The examination of this complicated experience represents an essential contribution to cultural, social and gender history, as well as an essential tool for comprehending today’s reality. It will be of terrific usage to undergraduates studying the history of childbirth, the history of medication, the history of the body, as well as females’s and gender history more broadly.

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