[Women, bodies, and Hebrew medieval medical literature].
This essay explores different views on the female body articulated within Hebrew medieval texts on women's health care. It also investigates whether texts also integrate women's own perceptions of their bodies, and of their needs and care. I have analysed how this genre of Hebrew literature understood two key issues in the construction of sexed bodies: menstruation and cosmetics.
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Carmen Caballero
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Dpto. de Estudios Semíticos, Area de Hebreo, Universidad de Granada
D000883:Anthropology / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D003358:Cosmetics / Q000266:history; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D049691:History, Medieval; D018594:Human Body; D008092:Literature, Medieval / Q000266:history; D008519:Medicine, Traditional / Q000266:history; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000208:ethnology / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D008598:Menstruation / Q000208:ethnology / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D011904:Rare Books / Q000266:history; D012649:Self Concept; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012733:Sex Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history
D003358:Cosmetics