The Captured Womb: A History Of The Medical Care Of Pregnant Women
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A landmark work in the history of medicine and feminist scholarship, The Captured Womb presents a rigorous and revelatory account of how antenatal care — the systematic medical supervision of pregnancy — emerged, evolved, and ultimately came to dominate women's reproductive experiences in the twentieth century. Ann Oakley chronicles the transformation of pregnancy from a natural, woman-centred process into a medicalised condition managed by an increasingly powerful and predominantly male medical establishment, tracing the institutional, political, and ideological forces that shaped this profound shift in Western healthcare. Grounded in meticulous archival research and written with a sharp sociological eye, this seminal study argues that the rise of antenatal care cannot be separated from broader questions of gender, power, and social control. Oakley illuminates the tensions between women's autonomy and medical authority, drawing on a wealth of historical evidence to show how the pregnant body became a site of professional intervention and state interest. Widely praised as cool and clever... carefully argued, hugely interesting by *The Times*, this is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the complex relationship between medicine, politics, and the lives of women — and it leaves one wondering how much has truly changed.
Author: Ann Oakley
Format: Paperback
Published: 1986, Blackwell
Genre: Medicine
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark work in the history of medicine and feminist scholarship, The Captured Womb presents a rigorous and revelatory account of how antenatal care — the systematic medical supervision of pregnancy — emerged, evolved, and ultimately came to dominate women's reproductive experiences in the twentieth century. Ann Oakley chronicles the transformation of pregnancy from a natural, woman-centred process into a medicalised condition managed by an increasingly powerful and predominantly male medical establishment, tracing the institutional, political, and ideological forces that shaped this profound shift in Western healthcare. Grounded in meticulous archival research and written with a sharp sociological eye, this seminal study argues that the rise of antenatal care cannot be separated from broader questions of gender, power, and social control. Oakley illuminates the tensions between women's autonomy and medical authority, drawing on a wealth of historical evidence to show how the pregnant body became a site of professional intervention and state interest. Widely praised as cool and clever... carefully argued, hugely interesting by *The Times*, this is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the complex relationship between medicine, politics, and the lives of women — and it leaves one wondering how much has truly changed.