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Immaculate Forms: Uncovering the History of Women's Bodies de Helen King

Immaculate Forms: Uncovering the History of Women's Bodies

Autor Helen King
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 sep 2024

Considerăm că forța acestui volum rezidă în profunda sa interdisciplinaritate, reușind să conecteze istoria medicinei și anatomia cu religia, literatura și arta plastică. Immaculate Forms nu este doar o cronică a descoperirilor medicale, ci o analiză critică a modului în care instituțiile de putere au exercitat un rol de „gatekeeping” asupra corpului feminin. Helen King investiguează dualitatea reprezentărilor organelor feminine — de la uterul văzut simultan ca organ miraculos și „canal de scurgere”, până la evoluția percepției sânilor între funcția maternă și cea sexuală. Din punct de vedere stilistic, textul este riguros și academic, însă autoarea inserează un umor fin care punctează absurditatea unor credințe istorice. Din perspectiva structurii, volumul beneficiază de un aparat vizual bogat, cele 100 de ilustrații fiind esențiale pentru înțelegerea modului în care corpul a fost vizualizat și interpretat în diferite epoci. Această lucrare extinde cadrul propus de The Wandering Womb de Lana Thompson cu date noi extrase dintr-o arie cronologică vastă, ce acoperă antichitatea, perioada medievală și modernitatea timpurie. De asemenea, în contextul operei autoarei, Immaculate Forms reprezintă o sinteză matură a temelor abordate în Hippocrates' Woman și The One-Sex Body on Trial, rafinând argumentele despre diferența sexuală și evoluția ginecologiei occidentale. Recomandăm acest titlu pentru rigoarea cu care deconstruiește mitul „corpului unic” și pentru claritatea cu care expune rădăcinile prejudecăților medicale contemporane.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781788163873
ISBN-10: 1788163877
Pagini: 448
Ilustrații: 100 black and white illustrations8PP section colour
Dimensiuni: 164 x 236 x 42 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Ediția:Main
Editura: Profile
Colecția Wellcome Collection
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte cercetătorilor și profesioniștilor din domeniul științelor umaniste care doresc să înțeleagă cum s-a format discursul medical despre feminitate. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă istorică documentată asupra organelor feminine, depășind simplismele biologice. Este un volum esențial pentru oricine studiază istoria ideilor, oferind argumente solide despre controlul religios și medical asupra identității corporale, susținute de o iconografie rară.

Despre autor

Helen King este o figură proeminentă în mediul academic, fiind lector în cadrul departamentelor de Studii Clasice și Istorie la University of Reading. Cu o carieră dedicată istoriei medicinei, King s-a impus ca o autoritate în studiul ginecologiei antice și medievale. Printre lucrările sale de referință se numără Hippocrates' Woman și The One-Sex Body on Trial, volume care au redefinit înțelegerea modelelor de gen în medicina premodernă. Expertiza sa vastă îi permite să navigheze cu ușurință între texte medicale tehnice și analize culturale complexe, aducând la lumină voci și perspective istorice adesea ignorate de istoriografia tradițională.

Notă biografică

Helen King is a historian of medicine and the body, and has published on aspects of gynaecology and obstetrics from classical Greece to the nineteenth century for over forty years. She is professor emerita of classical studies at The Open University and has held visiting posts at the universities of Vienna, Texas, Notre Dame and British Columbia. She is vice-chair of Together for the Church of England, which campaigns on a range of issues including against discrimination on the grounds of gender or sexuality.

Descriere scurtă

'Illuminating, thoughtful and scholarly' FINANCIAL TIMES'Does a fascinating job of exploring the history of women's bodies' GREG JENNER'Mind-blowing, fascinating stuff' BBC WOMAN'S HOUR'Delightful, timely and critical' CAT BOHANNON, author of EVE'Weaves historical knowledge of medicine, anatomy, literature, art and religion into a narrative that surprises, informs, excites and frequently amuses' ADRIAN THATCHER, author of VILE BODIESThroughout history, religious scholars, medical men and - occasionally - women themselves, have moulded thought on what 'makes' a woman. She has been called the weaker sex, the fairer sex, the purer sex, among many other monikers. Often, she has been defined simply as 'Not A Man'. Today, we are more aware than ever of the complex relationship between our bodies and our identities. But contrary to what some may believe, what makes a woman is a question that has always been open-ended. Immaculate Forms examines all the ways in which medicine and religion have played a gatekeeping role over women's organs. It explores how the womb was seen as both the most miraculous organ in the body and as a sewer; uncovers breasts' legacies as maternal or sexual organs - or both; probes the mystery of the disappearing hymen, and asks, did the clitoris need to be discovered at all?

Recenzii

Lively and cheeky in tone, her book leaves you with the impression that, no matter what you believe to be obvious and natural about the female body, somebody in power once believed the exact opposite
This is an immensely impressive work of scholarship, the result of a lifetime of thought and research on the subject and its implications for women today. Authoritative and wide-ranging, it is a remarkably rich scientific and cultural survey
With erudition and cool wit, Helen King anatomises three millennia of Western commentary from doctors, teachers and theologians about the female body
A richly nuanced and absorbing exploration of women's unique anatomy. Across these four anatomical histories King provides an illuminating and outstandingly well-researched account of how women's bodies have been interpreted and mythologized for as long as we can remember
An impressively widely read study, lightened along the way with illuminating trivia and King's gentle wit
Looking for a new history book? I highly recommend Professor Helen King's IMMACULATE FORMS which does a fascinating job of exploring the history of women's bodies, including some eye-opening history of the clitoris
Illuminating and scholarly ... [showing] again and again how men have charted women's bodies, examined and dissected those bodies, condemned those bodies ... King's thoughtful tome addresses how women - historically perceived as mysteries to themselves and those who would seem to know them - have been defined, and how their bodies by their very existence resist those definitions
Read it and be enlightened as well as entertained
Dr King expertly weaves science, history, and culture to illuminate history and educate about the most misunderstood parts of our bodies...Impeccably researched, thoroughly enjoyable, and filled with moments of surprise, this book will astound
Chock-full of wonderful, strange and amazing stories, King's book is a vivid history of how women's bodies have been understood - and misunderstood - over the centuries
Recreates centuries of fractious male discussion of women's bodies
Delightful, timely and critical. If cognitive science has taught us anything, it's that our imagination of the future is built from our memories of the past. Helen King is here to give us some better material to build with. The history of women's bodies isn't nearly what you think it is, nor the history of "womanhood" itself
Fascinating and striking
Thorough, thoughtful and thought provoking
From the comical to the bizarre and downright dangerous, IMMACULATE FORMS looks at how women's bodies have been shaped and understood by scientific theories and religious beliefs throughout history - and often, by men. The mind blowing book covers a vast range of time, going right back to ancient Greece and coming up to the present day ... it's fascinating stuff
An impressive ... and detailed historical account of the way in which parts of women's bodies have been viewed, interpreted, and treated - by society, medicine, and the Church - and mainly by men. [Reaching] back into classical times and around the globe to other than Western civilisations, King has provided a great service in telling so many histories of the breasts, clitoris, hymen, and womb ... this book made me wince, squirm, smile and gasp in surprise and horror - it is not for the fainthearted.
With unrivaled expertise and a wealth of classical and contemporary detail, King weaves historical knowledge of medicine, anatomy, literature, art and religion into a narrative that surprises, informs, excites and frequently amuses
Fascinating and interesting
King is meticulous and prolific. She has written with equal erudition and care about the ancient, medieval and early modern periods. She brings this range and expertise to Immaculate Forms - plus more than a little humour. A masterful achievement born from an impressive and influential career