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Reproducing Women Medicine, Metaphor, and Childbirth in Late Imperial China

Hoofdkenmerken

Auteur:	Wu, Yi-Li
Titel:	Reproducing Women Medicine, Metaphor, and Childbirth in Late Imperial China
Uitgever:	University of California Press
ISBN:	9780520260689
Land van oorsprong:	United States
Prijs:	€ 102.95
Verschijningsdatum:	11-08-2010
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

Inhoudelijke kenmerken

Categorie:	History
Geogr.gebied:	ASIA
Geillustreerd:	8 b-w photographs
Dewey code:	362.198400951

Technische kenmerken

Verschijningsvorm:	Hardback
Paginas:	378
Hoogte mm.:	242
Breedte mm.:	165
Dikte mm.:	36
Gewicht gr.:	656

Inhoud:

Examines the development of medicine in Qing dynasty China. Focusing on the specialty of 'medicine for women' (fuke), this book explores the material and ideological issues associated with childbearing in the late imperial period. It analyzes the points of convergence and contention that shaped people's views of women's reproductive diseases.