Overview: Provides a much-needed chronological narrative of the maternal imagination.Investigates concerns that are still current today, such as acceptable prenatal care, responsibility for abnormal births, gen.This book reveals the cultural significance of the pregnant woman by examining major eighteenth-century debates concerning separate spheres, man-midwifery, performance, marriage, the body, education, and creative imagination. Exploring medical, economic, moral, and literary ramifications, this book engages critically with the notion that a pregnant woman could alter the development of h
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