{"product_id":"body-failure-9781442614314","title":"Body Failure","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this energetic new study, Wendy Mitchinson traces medical perspectives on the treatment of women in Canada in the first half of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Body Failure is an extensively researched and carefully argued book... It is an excellent contribution to the rich, intersecting field of body and medicine in Canada.' -- Jane Nicholas Acadiensis vol 44:02:2015 'This nuanced account of medical views of women in the first half of the twentieth century is sometimes depressing, but it is always fascinating, and tells a story which deserves to be more widely known.' -- Tracey Loughran Social History of Medicine vol 27:04:2014 'Body Failure's rich detail can be profitably mined for lectures, so it is a treat for professors, including the many fine young scholars Mitchinson has trained and mentored in her long career. It is a highly recommended addition and we look forward to her next.' -- Cheryl Krasnick Warsh Canadian Historical Review vol 95:03:2014 'Body Failure is a very valuable resource on medical views of women's health in Canada... This study reminds us that medicine was and still is, a profession engaged in constant debate, conjecture, and speculation about how gender shapes bodily differences.' -- Susan L. Smith Bulletin of Medical History vol 88:04:2014 'This solid albeit dispassionate book about how women were sometimes mutilated in the name of a male-dominated science is a must read for any woman who respects herself and her body.' -- Herizons, Winter 2015 \"This book about how women were sometimes mutilated in the name of male-dominated science is a must read for any woman who respects herself or her body. \" -- Maya Khankhoje Herizons Magazine (Winter, 2015) 'Meticulously researched, well organized and clearly written. Body Failure offers a complex and compelling understanding of the medicalization process through a gendered lens and as such, makes an important contribution to the literature on women's health, healthcare, and medicine.' -- Rebecca Kluchin Journal of Social History Fall 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  Introduction  Chapter One  Woman's Place  Chapter Two  Growing Up and Facing Puberty  Chapter Three  \"You can't be at your best when you're sitting in a swamp\": Menstruation  Chapter Four  Understanding Sexuality  Chapter Five  Advice on Marriage and Motherhood  Chapter Six  \"On the fringe of knowledge\": Infertility  Chapter Seven  Controlling Fertility: Birth Control and Abortion  Chapter Eight  \"The ... mischievous tendency of specialism\": Gynaecology  Chapter Nine  The Womanly Body: A Cancer Threat  Chapter Ten  The Mind's Health  Chapter Eleven  Menopause: The End of Womanhood  Conclusion  Notes on Sources and Methodology","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408351535447,"sku":"9781442614314","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442614314.jpg?v=1730502554","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/body-failure-9781442614314","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}