Witches, Midwives, & Nurses (Second Edition): A History of Women Healers
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By Ehrenreich Barbara, English Deirdre
Paperback – English
ISBN: 1558616616
EAN: 9781558616615
Publisher: FEMINIST PR
Publication Date: 01/07/2010
Pages: 112
Dimension: 18.54cm x 13.21cm x 0.76cm
Age Group: NA to NA
Grades: Not Applicable to Not Applicable
Lexile Level: 0
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About Author:
Ehrenreich Barbara
Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of fourteen books, including the bestselling Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch. She lives in Virginia.
English Deirdre
Deirdre English is the former editor of Mother Jones magazine. She has written for the Nation, New York Times Book Review, San Francisco Magazine, S.F. Chronicle Sunday Magazine, Vogue, and public radio and television. Currently, English is a professor at University of California, Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.
Categories:
Medical – History
Medical – Nursing – General
Medical – Witchcraft (See Also Religion – Wicca)
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Description
By Ehrenreich Barbara, English Deirdre
Paperback – English
Witches, Midwives, and Nurses examines how women-led healing was delegitimized to make way for patriarchy, capitalism, and the emerging medical industry.
As we watch another agonizing attempt to shift the future of healthcare in the United States, we are reminded of the longevity of this crisis, and how firmly entrenched we are in a system that doesn’t work.
First published by the Feminist Press in 1973, Witches, Midwives, and Nurses is an essential book about the corruption of the medical establishment and its historic roots in witch hunters. In this new and updated edition, Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English delve into the current fascination with and controversies about witches, exposing our fears and fantasies. They build on their classic exposé on the demonization of women healers and the political and economic monopolization of medicine. This quick history brings us up-to-date, exploring today’s changing attitudes toward childbirth, alternative medicine, and modern-day witches.
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