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Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born - Tina Cassidy 1st Ed. Signed
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Very Good”
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Signed
- Yes
- Signed By
- Tina Cassidy
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780871139382
- EAN
- 9780871139382
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0871139383
ISBN-13
9780871139382
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57019553
Product Key Features
Book Title
Birth : the Surprising History of How We Are Born
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Women's Health, Social History, Pregnancy & Childbirth
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Health & Fitness, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
20.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-047589
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"The history of birth, as Cassidy deftly tells it, might well be summed up as What No One Ever Expected When They're Expecting: Crank-and-pulley birthing systems and fish-bladder vacuum extractors. Man-midwives in drag and obstetricians trained on 'mock mothers.' With wit and aplomb, Cassidy covers the ongoing march of birthing fads, from the surreal horrors of the Twilight Sleep to Lamaze, doulas, and the current craze for elective C-sections." -- MARY ROACH, AUTHOR OF STIFF: THE CURIOUS LIVES OF HUMAN CADAVERS AND SPOOK: SCIENCE TACKLES THE AFTE, It's remarkable how little we know about the one piece of human history we all share: birth. Tina Cassidy has written a lively and informative journey through centuries of what women could really expect when they were expecting., It's as true of feminism as anything else that if we don't know our history we're condemned to repeat it. A liberating look at how assumptions have changed of what a good childbirth is supposed to be., This smart and fun read is full of 'who knew?' moments that show in fascinating detail how birth has affected our culture in so many ways--even explaining the origins of gossip. Mothers, non-mothers and those who don't want to think about all the messy details of childbirth will find this a gripping read.
Dewey Decimal
618.2
Synopsis
From evolution to the epidural and beyond, Tina Cassidy presents a lively, enlightening, and impeccably researched cultural history of how and why we are born the way we are. Women have been giving birth for millennia, so why is it that every culture--and every generation--seems to have its own ideas about the best way to get a baby born? Among the topics that Tina Cassidy looks at are: why birth can be so difficult (blame our ability to walk on two legs, for instance), where women deliver, how the perception of midwives has changed (they were once burned as witches), the lives of some famous obstetricians, and the many ways childbirth has been deadly (lots of blame to go around). Birth is full of quirky details, startling facts, and tales both humorous and disturbing--from men disguised as women to get into delivery rooms to a news flash about a woman giving herself a C-section. From Jessica Mitford's seminal The American Way of Death to Mary Roach's Stiff , we've witnessed how millions of readers are fascinated by what happens at the end of life. Here is the riveting true story of how it begins., Published in hardcover to widespread acclaim, Tina Cassidy's smart, engaging book is the first world history of childbirth in fifty years. From evolution to the epidural and beyond, Cassidy presents an intelligent, enlightening, and impeccably researched cultural history of how and why we are born the way we are, exploring the physical, anthropological, political, and religious factors that have influenced and will continue to influence how women bring new life into the world. Book jacket., From evolution to the epidural and beyond, Tina Cassidy presents a lively, enlightening, and impeccably researched cultural history of how and why we are born the way we are. Women have been giving birth for millennia, so why is it that every culture—and every generation—seems to have its own ideas about the best way to get a baby born? Among the topics that Tina Cassidy looks at are: why birth can be so difficult (blame our ability to walk on two legs, for instance), where women deliver, how the perception of midwives has changed (they were once burned as witches), the lives of some famous obstetricians, and the many ways childbirth has been deadly (lots of blame to go around). Birth is full of quirky details, startling facts, and tales both humorous and disturbing—from men disguised as women to get into delivery rooms to a news flash about a woman giving herself a C-section. From Jessica Mitford's seminal The American Way of Death to Mary Roach's Stiff , we've witnessed how millions of readers are fascinated by what happens at the end of life. Here is the riveting true story of how it begins., Why do all cultures--and generations--have their own ideas about childbirth? Cassidy looks at why birth can be so difficult, where women deliver, how the perceptions of midwives and doctors have changed, and the fads of childbirth., Pregnant women have always dreaded the pain of childbirth and have done just about anything to avoid feeling it. Five thousand years ago, the Egyptians and Indians made use of opium, from which we would later derive morphine. The Greeks chewed willow bark, the predecessor to aspirin. The people of the Andes had their cocoa leaves, the basis for cocaine. And myrrh might not have been just for the baby Jesus. Women have drunk wine and poppy juice, eaten mandrake and hemp. They've been hypnotized, offered Demerol, Nubain, and Stadol. Drugs aside, many in myth and reality have sworn they would give up anything to avoid the agony of childbirth. Even sex. The Greek goddess Actemia was terrified by her mother's suffering at her own birth and so she asked Zeus the favor of eternal virginity. Actemia changed her mind though, seduced Endymion, and ended up giving birth to fifty daughters. Mere mortals, also unable to resist the lures of sex, have eaten strange things--including cassowary anus or swamp eel, hoping to make the birth canal slippery--to reduce the pain.... Indigenous peoples, from Siberia to the Sudan, would demand confessions from the woman in labor. Did she commit adultery? If she did not answer truthfully, they believed, her birth would be extremely painful.
LC Classification Number
RG651.C37 2006
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