Perilous Chastity: Women and Illness in Pre-Enlightenment Art and Medicine
Released: Jan 01, 1995
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Format: Paperback, 297 pages
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"Wonderfully engaging, this unique study shows how art reveals a misogynistic medical establishment's attitudes toward women. Dixon traces the origins of 'hysteria,' richly illustrating her analysis with more than 100 paintings from the 13th through the 18th centuries, focusing primarily on 17th-century Dutch works."--Publishers Weekly
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