A Womb of One's Own: Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome
Author:   Tara Mulder
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520398740


Pages:   376
Publication Date:   05 May 2026
Format:   Hardback
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A Womb of One's Own: Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome


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Author:   Tara Mulder
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
ISBN:  

9780520398740


ISBN 10:   0520398742
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   05 May 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you.

Table of Contents

Contents   List of Illustrations Notes on Herbal and Medical Terminology, Translations, and Dates Map of the Roman Empire   Introduction 1. Cyrilla Faints in the Bath 2. Cyrilla’s Flux and Other Fluids 3. The Self-Observant Women Get Pregnant 4. Controlling Conception 5. Corinna Has an Abortion 6. Pregnancy Problems and Prenatal Care 7. Petronilla Petitions the Magistrates 8. The Real Midwives of Ancient Rome 9. At the Birth 10. Difficult Birth 11. After Birth Afterword   Acknowledgments Glossary of Herbal and Medical Terms Notes Bibliography Index

Reviews

“Making an enlightening and engaging book debut, Mulder, a scholar of classical and Near Eastern studies—and a midwife’s daughter—offers a feminist history of birth in the Roman Empire during the centuries that straddle the year 0. . . . A fresh, edifying contribution to women’s history."" * Kirkus Reviews *


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Tara Mulder is Assistant Professor of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. As the daughter of a homebirth midwife, she has assisted in over two dozen births.

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