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Ambiguous and transitional bodies: Stillbirth in Stockholm 1691–1724

Paulsson Holmberg, Tove LU (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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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
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yes
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b0fd6a81-fc0b-4264-97f2-f3ab762fbd69
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2021-07-04 17:57:56
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  author       = {{Paulsson Holmberg, Tove}},
  booktitle    = {{Exceptional Bodies in Early Modern Europe : Concepts of Monstosity before the Advent of the Normal}},
  editor       = {{Bondestam, Maja}},
  isbn         = {{978 94 6372 174 5}},
  keywords     = {{Medicinhistoria; Medical History; Early Modern Sweden; Perinatal mortality; Birth manuals; Johan von Hoorn; Obstetric intervention; Emergency baptism}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{163--184}},
  publisher    = {{Amsterdam University Press}},
  series       = {{Monsters and Marvels: Alterity in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds}},
  title        = {{Ambiguous and transitional bodies: Stillbirth in Stockholm 1691–1724}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1b0fw18.11}},
  doi          = {{10.2307/j.ctv1b0fw18.11}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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