Medical Authority and Englishwomen's Herbal Texts, 1550–1650

Medical Authority and Englishwomen's Herbal Texts, 1550–1650
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Total Pages : 305
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ISBN-10 : 9781351918794
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Book Synopsis Medical Authority and Englishwomen's Herbal Texts, 1550–1650 by : Rebecca Laroche

Download or read book Medical Authority and Englishwomen's Herbal Texts, 1550–1650 written by Rebecca Laroche and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first study to analyze print vernacular folio herbals from the standpoint of gender and to present original findings to do with early modern women's ownership of these herbals, Medical Authority and Englishwomen's Herbal Texts also looks at reasons and contexts behind early modern female writers claiming herbal practice. Author Rebecca Laroche first establishes cultural backdrops in the gendering of medical authority that takes place in the herbals and the regular ownership of these herbals by women. She then examines women's engagements with herbal texts in life writings and poetry and asks how these moments represent and engage medical authority. In ultimately demonstrating how female writers variously take on women's herbal medical practices, Laroche reveals the broad range of literary potentials within the historical category of women's medicine.

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