{"product_id":"pregnant-fictions-childbirth-and-the-fairy-tale-in-early-modern-france-hardcover","title":"Pregnant Fictions: Childbirth and the Fairy Tale in Early-Modern France - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHolly Tucker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow male medical authorities and female literary authors struggled to describe the inner workings of the unseen--and competed to shape public understanding of it--is the focus of this engaging work by Holly Tucker. In illuminating the gender politics underlying dramatic changes in reproductive theory and practice, Tucker shows just how tenuous the boundaries of scientific \"fact\" and marvelous fictions were in early-modern France.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On the literary front, Tucker argues, women used the fairy tale to rethink the biology of childbirth and the sociopolitical uses to which it had been put. She shows that in references to midwives, infertility, sex selection, and embryological theories, fairy-tale writers experimented with alternative ways of understanding pregnancy. In so doing they suggested new ways in which to envision women, knowledge, and power in both the public and the private spheres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolly Tucker is an associate professor in the Department of French and Italian at Vanderbilt University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 213\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.16 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130507071623,"sku":"9780814330425","price":70.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b62781ce9a6ee7468df279ff1bfbc1b5.webp?v=1732611390","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/pregnant-fictions-childbirth-and-the-fairy-tale-in-early-modern-france-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}