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This innovative book uses the lens of cultural history to examine the development of medicine in Qing dynasty China. Focusing on the specialty of "medicine for women"(fuke), Yi-Li Wu explores the material and ideological issues associated with childbearing in the late imperial period. She draws on a rich array of medical writings that circulated in seventeenth- to nineteenth-century China to analyze the points of convergence and contention that shaped people's views of women's reproductive diseases. These points of contention touched on fundamental issues: How different were women's bodies from men's? What drugs were best for promoting conception and preventing miscarriage? Was childbirth inherently dangerous? And who was best qualified to judge? Wu shows that late imperial medicine approached these questions with a new, positive perspective.
Product Details
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Publish Date | August 11, 2010 |
| Pages | 378 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Hardback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780520260689 |
| Dimensions | 9.1 X 6.1 X 1.1 inches | 1.4 pounds |
BISAC Categories: History, Health, Fitness & Diet
About the Author
Yi-Li Wu is an independent scholar and a Center Associate of the Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan.
Reviews
"[A] well-written and extensively researched work on traditional medicine in late imperial China."-- "Journal Of Interdisciplinary History" (6/11/2012 12:00:00 AM)
"[Wu's] clear prose and concise explanations make this analysis of intricate ideas accessible. . . A fine introduction to the history of Chinese reproductive medicine."-- "Harvard Journal Of Asiatic Stds" (6/11/2012 12:00:00 AM)
"[Wu's] research is meticulous, her erudition deep but lighthanded, and her writing lucid. . . . Conceptually and comparatively sophisticated."-- "Journal Of Asian Stds (Jas) / Se Asia & Western Pacific" (6/12/2012 12:00:00 AM)
"Splendid. . . . Wu's broad command of difficult Chinese classical writings is sharpened by her mastery of the cross-cultural history of medicine."-- "Bulletin Of The History Of Medicine" (6/12/2012 12:00:00 AM)
"Yi-Li Wu's Reproducing Women is an important, readable book."-- "Asian Medicine"
"A major addition to the growing literature on the history of gender and medicine in Imperial China."--Angela Ki Che Leung "Journal Of Chinese Studies" (7/9/2011 12:00:00 AM)
"Yi-Li Wu's volume is essential reading for students and researchers alike."--Larissa N. Heinrich "East Asian Science, Technology, And Medicine" (8/5/2012 12:00:00 AM)
"[Wu's] clear prose and concise explanations make this analysis of intricate ideas accessible. . . A fine introduction to the history of Chinese reproductive medicine."-- "Harvard Journal Of Asiatic Stds" (6/11/2012 12:00:00 AM)
"[Wu's] research is meticulous, her erudition deep but lighthanded, and her writing lucid. . . . Conceptually and comparatively sophisticated."-- "Journal Of Asian Stds (Jas) / Se Asia & Western Pacific" (6/12/2012 12:00:00 AM)
"Splendid. . . . Wu's broad command of difficult Chinese classical writings is sharpened by her mastery of the cross-cultural history of medicine."-- "Bulletin Of The History Of Medicine" (6/12/2012 12:00:00 AM)
"Yi-Li Wu's Reproducing Women is an important, readable book."-- "Asian Medicine"
"A major addition to the growing literature on the history of gender and medicine in Imperial China."--Angela Ki Che Leung "Journal Of Chinese Studies" (7/9/2011 12:00:00 AM)
"Yi-Li Wu's volume is essential reading for students and researchers alike."--Larissa N. Heinrich "East Asian Science, Technology, And Medicine" (8/5/2012 12:00:00 AM)
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