Gender and Scientific Discourse in Early Modern Culture
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Alain Ekorong
Alchemical Process
Alchemical Treatise
alchemy history
Astral Magic
Atalanta Fugiens
Book III
Bridgette Sheridan
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chymistry research
De Vita Longa
Dorothea Heitsch
Du Chesne
Early Modern Alchemy
Early Modern Englishwomen
early modern medicine
Eliott M. Simon
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female participation in alchemical practice
gender roles in academia
Green Sickness
Henri III
Hermaphroditic Rebis
Histoire Tragique
Jacques Guillemeau
Jayne Elisabeth Archer
Johann Theodor De Bry
Joseph Du Chesne
Kirk D. Read
Manuscript Receipt Book
Marie De Gournay
Meredith K. Ray
National Library
Penny Bayer
Philosopher's Daughter
Philosopher’s Daughter
Receipt Book
Rosarium Philosophorum
scientific subcultures
Sean Teuton
Sefer Yetzirah
Simone Pinet
Theodor De Bry
Turba Philosophorum
women in science
Product details
- ISBN 9780754669715
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Oct 2010
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In the wake of new interest in alchemy as more significant than a bizarre aberration in rational Western European culture, this collection examines both alchemical and medical discourses in the larger context of early modern Europe. How do early scientific discourses infiltrate other cultural domains such as literature, philosophy, court life, and the conduct of households? How do these new contexts deflect scientific pursuits into new directions, and allow a larger participation in the elaboration of scientific methods and perspectives? Might there have been a scientific subculture, particularly surrounding alchemy, which allowed women to participate in scientific pursuits long before they were admitted in an investigative capacity into official academic settings? This volume poses those questions, as a starting point for a broader discussion of scientific subcultures and their relationship to the restructuring and questioning of gender roles.
Kathleen P. Long is Professor of French at Cornell University and the author of Hermaphrodites in Renaissance Europe
