Not of Woman Born: Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski

Not of Woman Born: Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture

Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski

222 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
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Not of woman born, the Fortunate, the Unborn--the terms designating those born by Caesarean section in medieval and Renaissance Europe were mysterious and ambiguous. Examining representations of Caesarean birth in legend and art and tracing its hi...

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