The Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages: Medicine, Science, and Culture

By (author): "Joan Cadden"

Genres:Nonfiction books Science books History books Medicine books Feminism books History Of Science books Medieval books

Publish Date: 1993

The Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages: Medicine, Science, and Culture

ISBN0521483786

ISBN139780521483780

AsinThe Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages: Medicine, Science, and Culture

Original titleThe Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages: Medicine, Science, and Culture (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)

Based on history, feminist theory and cultural studies, this text explores the ways in which scientific ideas about sex differences in the later Middle Ages participated in the broader cultural assumptions about gender, the social roles of men and women, purpose of marriage, etc.