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In this study, Lianne McTavish explores how the surgeon men/midwives of the early modern period in France strove to change the public perception of their trade, from being seen as threatening intruders to being looked on as trusted experts who embodied obstetrical authority. Throughout the early modern period in France, surgeon men-midwives were predominantly associated with sexual impropriety and physical danger; yet over time they managed to change their image, and by the eighteenth century were summoned to attend even the uncomplicated deliveries of wealthy, urban clients. In this study, Lianne McTavish explores how surgeons strove to transform the perception of their midwifery practices, claiming to be experts who embodied obstetrical authority instead of intruders in a traditionally feminine domain. McTavish argues that early modern French obstetrical treatises were sites of display participating in both the production and contestation of authoritative knowledge of childbirth. Though primarily written by surgeon men-midwives, the texts were also produced by female midwives and male physicians. McTavish's careful examination of these and other sources reveals representations of

Author

Lianne McTavish

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780754636199

Subjects

History, Medical, Humanities