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Author:

Jaffary, Nora E., 1968- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004094386

Title:

Reproduction and its discontents in Mexico : childbirth and contraception from 1750 to 1905 / Nora E. Jaffary.

Publisher:

The University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xviii, 302 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Childbirth--Mexico--History.
Contraception--Mexico--History.
Childbirth.
Contraception.
Mexico.
Parturition.
Contraception--history.
Abortion, Induced--history.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
History, 18th Century--history.
History, 18th Century.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
Naissance--Mexique--Histoire.
Contraception--Mexique--Histoire.
Mexico.
Parturition.
Contraception--history.
Abortion, Induced--history.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
History, 18th Century.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
Mexico.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: midwifery, monstrosity, and motherhood -- Purity and productivity: perceiving virginity, conception, and pregnancy -- The evolution of virginity -- Conception and pregnancy -- The hidden history of contraception, abortion, and infanticide -- Contraception and abortion -- Infanticide -- Populating the Patria -- Monstrous births -- Obstetrics, gynecology, and birth -- Conclusion: change and constancy in Mexico's reproductive history -- Appendix I. Abortion cases, 1823-1884 -- Appendix II. Infanticide cases, 1823-1897.

ISBN:

1469629402
9781469629407
1469629399
9781469629391

OCLC:

(OCoLC)933765568

LCCN:

2015049993

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)