How Long to Read The One-Sex Body on Trial: The Classical and Early Modern Evidence

How Long Does it Take to Read The One-Sex Body on Trial: The Classical and Early Modern Evidence?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 24 minutes to read The One-Sex Body on Trial: The Classical and Early Modern Evidence by Helen King

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Description

By far the most influential work on the history of the body, across a wide range of academic disciplines, remains that of Thomas Laqueur. This book puts on trial the one-sex/two-sex model of Laqueur's Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud through a detailed exploration of the ways in which two classical stories of sexual difference were told, retold and remade from the mid-sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Agnodike, the 'first midwife' who disguises herself as a man and then exposes herself to her potential patients, and Phaethousa, who grows a beard after her husband leaves her, are stories from the ancient world that resonated in the early modern period in particular. Tracing the reception of these tales shows how they provided continuity despite considerable change in medicine, being the common property of those on different sides of professional disputes about women's roles in both medicine and midwifery. The study reveals how different genres used these stories, changing their characters and plots, but always invoking the authority of the classics in discussions of sexual identity. The study raises important questions about the nature of medical knowledge, the relationship between texts and observation, and the understanding of sexual difference in the early modern world beyond the one-sex model.

How long is The One-Sex Body on Trial: The Classical and Early Modern Evidence?

The One-Sex Body on Trial: The Classical and Early Modern Evidence by Helen King is 322 pages long, and a total of 81,144 words.

This makes it 109% the length of the average book. It also has 99% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The One-Sex Body on Trial: The Classical and Early Modern Evidence Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 23 minutes to read The One-Sex Body on Trial: The Classical and Early Modern Evidence aloud.

What Reading Level is The One-Sex Body on Trial: The Classical and Early Modern Evidence?

The One-Sex Body on Trial: The Classical and Early Modern Evidence is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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