{"product_id":"pregnant-fictions-holly-tucker-9780814330425","title":"Pregnant Fictions: Childbirth and the Fairy Tale in Early-Modern France","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePregnant Fictions explores the complex role of pregnancy in early-modern tale-telling and considers how stories of childbirth were used to rethink gendered \"truths\" at a key moment in the history of ideas.\u003c\/b\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Holly Tucker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814330428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814330425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.46w x 0.79d","brand":"Holly Tucker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926426190079,"sku":"9780814330425","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_659a19e2-4749-4027-a04a-12697feccfad.jpg?v=1681083023","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pregnant-fictions-holly-tucker-9780814330425","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}