Ambiguous and transitional bodies: Stillbirth in Stockholm 1691–1724
(2020) In Monsters and Marvels: Alterity in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds p.163-184- Abstract
- Birth is a dangerous and dynamic event resulting in new life, as well as in death and loss. As distinct as the birth transition may seem, it remains essentially a process. The term ‘perinatal’ defines the phase beginning in late pregnancy when the fetus has potential to survive the delivery, and ending, roughly, seven days after birth, demarcating the period when the child gradually emerges and stabilizes itself in the world of the living.
This chapter explores the exceptional and strange bodies of early modern perinatal children from the perspective of liminality and loss. Fetal and infant growth and separation...
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- author
- Paulsson Holmberg, Tove LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Medicinhistoria, Medical History, Early Modern Sweden, Perinatal mortality, Birth manuals, Johan von Hoorn, Obstetric intervention, Emergency baptism
- host publication
- Exceptional Bodies in Early Modern Europe : Concepts of Monstosity before the Advent of the Normal - Concepts of Monstosity before the Advent of the Normal
- series title
- Monsters and Marvels: Alterity in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds
- editor
- Bondestam, Maja
- pages
- 11 pages
- publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- ISBN
- 978 94 6372 174 5
- 978-90-485-5237-5
- DOI
- 10.2307/j.ctv1b0fw18.11
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- b0fd6a81-fc0b-4264-97f2-f3ab762fbd69
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- 2021-07-04 17:57:56
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