Bodies and Lives in Victorian England: Science, Sexuality, and the Affliction of Being Female

by Lise Shapiro Sanders, Pamela K Stone, Pamela K. Stone

Book Overview

This volume offers an overview of what it was like to be female and to live and die in Victorian England (c. 1837-1901), by situating this experience within the scientific and social contexts of the times.

With a temporal focus on women's life experience, the book moves from childhood and youth, through puberty and adolescence, to pregnancy, birth, and motherhood, into senescence. Drawing on osteological sources, medical discourses, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036755531X
• ISBN13: 9780367555313
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.4"