| Dangerous Motherhood: Insanity and Childbirth in Victorian Britain 2004 Edition Contributor(s): Marland, H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403920389 ISBN-13: 9781403920386 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: "Dangerous Motherhood" is the first study of the close and complex relationship between mental disorder and childbirth. Exploring the relationship between women, their families and their doctors reveals how explanations for the onset of puerperal insanity were drawn from a broad set of moral, social and environmental frameworks, rather than being bound to ideas that women as a whole were likely to be vulnerable to mental illness. The horror of this devastating disorder which upturned the household and turned gentle mothers into disruptive and dangerous, mad women, was magnified by its occurrence at a time when it was anticipated that women would be most happy in the fulfillment of their role as mothers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 618.760 |
| LCCN: 2003070728 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.78" W x 8.76" (1.12 lbs) 303 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dangerous Motherhood is the first study of the close and complex relationship between mental disorder and childbirth. Exploring the relationship between women, their families and their doctors reveals how explanations for the onset of puerperal insanity were drawn from a broad set of moral, social and environmental frameworks, rather than being bound to ideas that women as a whole were likely to be vulnerable to mental illness. The horror of this devastating disorder which upturned the household, turned gentle mothers into disruptive and dangerous mad women, was magnified by it occurring at a time when it was anticipated that women would be most happy in the fulfillment of their role as mothers. |
