Maria Soledad Zarate C, Dar a luz en Chile, siglo xix: De la 'ciencia de hembra' a la ciencia obstetrica

摘要

This meticulously researched and exhaustive volume addresses the shifting practices around and understandings of birth in nineteenth-century Chile. Building on the extensive literature about the subject for Europe and the United States, as well as the more recent work on other Latin American countries, this volume situates childbirth not only within Chile's social, cultural and political contexts but also within transnational changes to medical practice and biological knowledge. Moreover, a gendered analysis is deftly employed to demonstrate how these discourses played into changing practices of childbirth.