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The first comprehensive history of mothers and mothering from antiquity to today, by the acclaimed author of UNWELL WOMEN 'Cleghorn's aim is to reclaim mothering as a radical, intentional act - not purely a biological function, devoid of thought, creativity, or labour . . . Engrossing' OBSERVER...

From the author of Unwell Women comes a powerful and groundbreaking new narrative history of motherhood and mothering. Mothers make history. But what it has meant for mothers to do the physical and emotional work of mothering has, for centuries, been neglected in the stories of the past...

Von den antiken Anfängen der Medizin bis in die Gegenwart, von der "wandernden Gebärmutter" bis zur Entdeckung von Autoimmunerkrankungen und Endometriose: Die englische Feministin Elinor Cleghorn präsentiert eine bahnbrechende und aufwühlende Kulturgeschichte über das Verhältnis von Frauen, Krankheit und Medizin. Elinor Cleghorn, selbst an der Autoimmunerkrankung Lupus erkrankt, hat sich nach einer nervenaufreibenden Diagnose-Odyssee auf die Suche nach den Wurzeln der patriarchalen Mythen begeben, die unsere westliche Medizin bis heute prägen.

THE NEW BOOK FROM ELINOR CLEGHORN: A WOMAN'S WORK IS OUT NOW 'An essential history' - Leah Hazard 'Powerful' NEW YORK TIMES 'A passionate and indignant history' THE TIMES 'Unputdownable' TELEGRAPH Medicine carries the burden of its own troubling history. Over centuries, women's bodies have been...

A trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women’s health—from the earliest medical ideas about women’s illnesses to hormones and autoimmune diseases—brought together in a fascinating sweeping narrative. Elinor Cleghorn became an unwell woman ten years ago. She was diagnosed with...