Unwell women : a journey through medicine and myth in a man-made world / Elinor Cleghorn.
Language: English Publication details: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2021.Description: xxi, 478 p. : ill. (some col.)ISBN:- 9781474616874 (pbk.)
- 23 613.04244 CLE
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Books | Gulbanoo Premji Library, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru | 3rd Floor | 613.04244 CLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 49565 |
In this ground-breaking history Elinor Cleghorn unpacks the roots of the perpetual misunderstanding, mystification and misdiagnosis of women's bodies, illness and pain. From the 'wandering womb' of ancient Greece to today's shifting understanding of hormones, menstruation and menopause, Unwell Women is the revolutionary story of women who have suffered, challenged and rewritten medical misogyny. Drawing on Elinor's own experience as an unwell woman, this is a powerful and timely expose of the medical world and woman's place within it.
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