Bodies and Lives in Victorian England : (Record no. 37863)
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| fixed length control field | 02335nam a22002417a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780367555313 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng- |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 305.4094109034 |
| Item number | STO-B |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Stone, Pamela K. |
| Relator term | author |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Bodies and Lives in Victorian England : |
| Sub Title | Science, Sexuality, and the Affliction of Being Female / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Pamela K. Stone, Lise Shapiro Sanders. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New york : |
| Name of publisher | Routledge, |
| Year of publication | 2020. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 146p. |
| Other physical details | 30 illustrations |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This volume offers an overview of what it was like to be female and to live and die in Victorian England (c. 1837-1901), by situating this experience within the scientific and social contexts of the times.<br/><br/>With a temporal focus on women’s life experience, the book moves from childhood and youth, through puberty and adolescence, to pregnancy, birth, and motherhood, into senescence. Drawing on osteological sources, medical discourses, and examples from the literature and cultural history of the period, alongside social and environmental data derived from ethnographic and archival investigations, the authors explore the experience of being female in the Victorian era for women across classes. In synthesizing current research on demographic statistics, maternal morbidity and mortality, and bioarchaeological evidence on patterns of aging and death, they analyze how changing social ideals, cultural and environmental variability, shifting economies, and evolving medical and scientific understanding about the body combined to shape female health and identity in the nineteenth century. Victorian women faced a variety of challenges, including changing attitudes regarding appropriate behavior, social roles, and beauty standards, while grappling with new understandings of the role played by gender and sexuality in shaping women’s lives from youth to old age.<br/><br/>The book concludes by considering the relevance of how Victorian narratives of womanhood and the experience of being female have influenced perceptions of female health and cultural constructions of identity today. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Manners and customs. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Sex role. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Women. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Great Britain. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Sex. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sanders, Lise Shapiro |
| Relator term | author. |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| NASSDOC Library | NASSDOC Library | 16/03/2023 | OVERSEAS | 0.00 | 305.4094109034 STO-B | 53316 | 0.00 | 06/06/2023 | Books |