Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: Borderlines
Stories of Desired, Refused, and Regretted Parenthood
Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: Borderlines
ISBN: 978-1-80270-244-6
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
This book examines the ways in which people wrote about and engaged with infertility in the German Middle Ages. Striking differences emerge across the vernacular stories, legends, and romances concerned. For some, childlessness is a huge problem, for others, a high ideal. Regina Toepfer considers the reasons for these differences, and how ideas changed over the period, revealing different narrative patterns that shape stories of childlessness right up to the present day.
These range from the late fulfilment of the longing to have children, assisted by divine or demonic help; through social and religious alternatives to parenthood; to the conscious decision to remain childless and achieve happiness through partnership alone. Bringing German source material to an English readership for the first time, this book provides fresh insights on childlessness that engage with current debates about sperm donation, adoption, and being childfree.
Toepfer
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These range from the late fulfilment of the longing to have children, assisted by divine or demonic help; through social and religious alternatives to parenthood; to the conscious decision to remain childless and achieve happiness through partnership alone. Bringing German source material to an English readership for the first time, this book provides fresh insights on childlessness that engage with current debates about sperm donation, adoption, and being childfree.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Divine Help: Waiting for a Child
Chapter 2. Dangerous Third Parties: A Child at any Price
Chapter 3. Social Alternatives: Taking in a Child
Chapter 4. Mystical Motherhood: Venerating the Child
Chapter 5. Forced Parenthood: Regretting a Child
Chapter 6. Chaste Marriage: Not Wanting a Child
Chapter 7. Courtly Love: Happy Regardless of Children
Epilogue
Index
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