"Tristram Shandy" and the Theater of the Mechanical Mother

Blackwell shows that the "theater of the mechanical mother" gave the medical men who were trained there only one translation of what a humane birth would mean, and that is haste. From the theater of the mechanical mother, and its values of haste and male performance on an inanimate female...

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Published in:	ELH 2001, Vol.68 (1), p.81-133
Main Author:	Blackwell, Bonnie
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	1700-1799 Anatomy Authors Births Childbirth Childbirth in literature Clocks Eighteenth Century English Literature Female Gender/Sexuality History History of medicine History, 18th Century Humans Labor, Obstetric - ethnology Labor, Obstetric - history Labor, Obstetric - physiology Labor, Obstetric - psychology Literary criticism Literature - history Mannequins (Figures) in literature Mechanics mechanization men midwives Midwifery Midwifery - economics Midwifery - education Midwifery - history Motherhood Mothers narrative structure Narratives novel Novels Obstetrical Forceps - history Obstetrics Obstetrics - economics Obstetrics - education Obstetrics - history Physicians - economics Physicians - history Physicians - legislation & jurisprudence Physicians - psychology Pregnancy Science - education Science - history Social Change - history Sterne, Laurence Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768) Technology - economics Technology - education Technology - history Theater Translation Tristram Shandy United Kingdom - ethnology Women Women - education Women - history Women - psychology Women's Health - economics Women's Health - ethnology Women's Health - history Women's Health - legislation & jurisprudence
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