Male Delivery: Reproduction, Effeminacy, and Pregnant Men in Early Modern Spain

by Sherry Velasco

Book Overview

Using the one-act comedy El parto de Juan Rana (John Frog Gives Birth) as a point of departure, Velasco argues that the figure of the pregnant man in early modern Spanish culture was not merely comic entertainment, but also served an important role as a physical representation of the anxieties about the changing roles of men and women at the time.

Men were increasingly taking over medical duties--especially surrounding childbirth--usually...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826515150
• ISBN13: 9780826515155
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"