Witches, Midwives, And Nurses (2nd Ed.), 2nd Edition
A History of Women Healers
$29.35
- Paperback
108 pages
- Release Date
9 September 2010
Summary
First published in 1973, this is an essential work on the corruption of the medical establishment and its historic roots in witch hunts. In this new edition, Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English have written an entirely new chapter that delves into the current fascination with and controversies about witches, exposing fears and fantasies. They build on their classic exposé of the demonization of women healers and the political and economic monopolization of medicine, bringing it up to date with today’s changing attitudes to these issues.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781558616615 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1558616616 |
| Author: | Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English |
| Publisher: | Feminist Press at The City University of New York |
| Imprint: | Feminist Press at The City University of New York |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 108 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 9 September 2010 |
| Weight: | 150g |
| Dimensions: | 8mm x 132mm x 183mm |
| Series: | Contemporary Classics by Women (Feminist Press) |
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Critics Review
Praise for Witches, Midwives & Nurses“This booklet will open your eyes. Barbara Ehrenrich and Deirdre English show how, for reasons of class politics, women’s suppression and naked greed, wealthy men discredited, persecuted and outright killed the wisewomen healers, leaving themselves to be the sole practitioners of their ‘scientific’ medicine. The information presented here gives a whole new perspective to medical history and points to some of the causes underlying our current healthcare mess.” –WomanSource Catalog & Review
Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich is author of the 2002 New York Times bestseller Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. She has written nearly twenty books, and has been a columnist for Time magazine and the New York Times. She has contributed to The Progressive, Harpers, The Atlantic Monthly, Ms., The New Republic, Z Magazine, In These Times, and Salon.com.
Deirdre English is the former editor of Mother Jones magazine. She has written for the Nation, New York Times Book Review, San Francisco Magazine, S.F. Chronicle Sunday Magazine, Vogue, and public radio and television. Currently, English is a professor at University of California, Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.
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