The Woman Beneath the Skin

In this provocative study, Barbara Duden asserts that the most basic biological and medical terms that we use to describe our own bodies--male and female, healthy or sick--are indeed cultural constructions. To illustrate this, Duden delves into the records of an eighteenth-century German physician who meticulously documented the medical histories of eighteen hundred women of all ages and backgrounds, often in their own words.

1. Toward a History of the Body

1

(49)

2. Johann Storch and Women's Complaints

50

(22)

3. Medical Practice in Eisenach

72

(32)

4. The Perception of the Body

104

(75)

Conclusion

179

(8)

Works by Johann Storch

187

(4)

Notes

191

(44)

Index

235

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The Woman Beneath the Skin

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