Unwell Women
a journey through medicine and myth in a man-made world
$24.64
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
14 November 2022
Summary
Unwell Women: Rewriting the History of Medicine and Misogyny
Medicine carries the burden of its own troubling history. Over centuries, women’s bodies have been demonised and demeaned until we feared them, felt ashamed of them, were humiliated by them. But as doctors, researchers, campaigners and most of all as patients, women have continuously challenged medical orthodoxy. Medicine’s history has always been, and is still being, rewritten by women’s resistance, strength and incredibl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474616874 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474616879 |
| Author: | Elinor Cleghorn |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 14 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 36mm |
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About The Author
Elinor Cleghorn
Elinor Cleghorn is a feminist cultural historian, writer and researcher living in Sussex, UK. After receiving her PhD in humanities and cultural studies in 2012, she worked for three years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Ruskin School of Art at the University of Oxford on an interdisciplinary arts and medical humanities project. Her writing on women’s health and its histories has been published in Wall Street Journal, BBC History Magazine, BBC Science Focus, New Scientist, and Vogue, and she has discussed her research on BBC Woman’s Hour, NPR, and numerous podcasts. Elinor is the author of Unwell Women, which was published in 2021 in the UK and US, and has been translated across the world.
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