Health and Healing in the Early Modern Iberian World

A Gendered Perspective

By: Sarah E. Owens (Editor), Margaret E. Boyle (Editor)

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Hardcover | 19 April 2021

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Recognizing the variety of health experiences across geographical borders, Health and Healing in the Early Modern Iberian World interrogates the concepts of "health" and "healing" between 1500 and 1800. Through an interdisciplinary approach to medical history, gender history, and the literature and culture of the early modern Atlantic World, this collection of essays points to the ways in which the practice of medicine, the delivery of healthcare, and the experiences of disease and health are gendered.

The contributors explore how the medical profession sought to exert its power over patients, determining standards that impacted conceptions of self and body, and at the same time, how this influence was mediated. Using a range of sources, the essays reveal the multiple and sometimes contradictory ways that early modern health discourse intersected with gender and sexuality, as well as its ties to interconnected ethical, racial, and class-driven concerns. Health and Healing in the Early Modern Iberian World breaks new ground through its systematic focus on gender and sexuality as they relate to the delivery of healthcare, the practice of medicine, and the experiences of health and healing across early modern Spain and colonial Latin America.

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"These essays would stand as independent contributions, yet they can be read comparatively to advantage, as shown in this volume. Well researched yet accessible, they represent a full range of perspectives on health and healing in the early modern Iberian world." -- S. L. Kwosek, South Carolina State University * CHOICE *

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