The Woman Beneath the Skin

The Woman Beneath the Skin
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 0674954041
ISBN-13 : 9780674954045
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Book Synopsis The Woman Beneath the Skin by : Barbara Duden

Download or read book The Woman Beneath the Skin written by Barbara Duden and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duden asserts that the most basic biological and medical terms that we use to describe our own bodies--male and female, healthy or sick--are cultural constructions. To illustrate this, she delves into records of an 18th-century German physician who documented the medical histories of 1,800 women of all ages and backgrounds, often in their own words.


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