Medicine and masculinity in the 19th century: transnational trends and the specificities of South-Western Europe (Spain and France)

Gender played an important role in the presentation of the medical profession in the 19 th century. Medical historians point to the fact that the field of medicine became significantly masculinized from the Early Modern period onwards. The professionalisation of medicine, i.e., the widespread idea t...

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Autores: Martykánová, Darina, Gilarranz, Ainhoa, Núñez García, Víctor Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/155325
https://doi.org/10.14712/24645370.3199
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Palabra clave:Medicine
Masculinity
Social class
Spain
France
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spelling Medicine and masculinity in the 19th century: transnational trends and the specificities of South-Western Europe (Spain and France)Martykánová, DarinaGilarranz, AinhoaNúñez García, Víctor ManuelMedicineMasculinitySocial classSpainFranceGender played an important role in the presentation of the medical profession in the 19 th century. Medical historians point to the fact that the field of medicine became significantly masculinized from the Early Modern period onwards. The professionalisation of medicine, i.e., the widespread idea that medical treatment should be performed by people with professional training who charge money for their services, contributed to the exclusion of women from the role of medical authority. Another factor which played a role was the institutionalisation of med - icine, i.e., the creation of new hospitals, job positions for physicians and surgeons, the establishment of medical chambers and the ultimate link between the med - ical profession and formal professional education. For several years, our team of authors has been studying the professional dynamics of medicine in Spain and France and comparing them with other countries. We have concluded that while gender played an important role in medical professional discourse and in the pub - lic image of doctors as we find it in the period press, cartoons, literature, and other forms of representation, it did not always happen in the same way everywhere. For example, there were significant differences between France, the UK and Spain in the manner, in which doctors and society used gender elements to re - inforce doctors’ authority or, conversely, to criticise it. Certainly, one could also trace differences and similarities when comparing with Central Europe. We hope that our theoretical reflections and practical analysis of the relationship between social class, masculinity, and expert identity of physicians in 19 th century France and Spain will be of use to all.Psiquiatría2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/155325https://doi.org/10.14712/24645370.3199reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)IndeterminadoDejiny - Teorie - Kritika, 2, 123-156.https://ojs.cuni.cz/dejinyteoriekritika/article/view/3199info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1553252026-06-17T12:51:07Z
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title Medicine and masculinity in the 19th century: transnational trends and the specificities of South-Western Europe (Spain and France)
spellingShingle Medicine and masculinity in the 19th century: transnational trends and the specificities of South-Western Europe (Spain and France)
Martykánová, Darina
Medicine
Masculinity
Social class
Spain
France
title_short Medicine and masculinity in the 19th century: transnational trends and the specificities of South-Western Europe (Spain and France)
title_full Medicine and masculinity in the 19th century: transnational trends and the specificities of South-Western Europe (Spain and France)
title_fullStr Medicine and masculinity in the 19th century: transnational trends and the specificities of South-Western Europe (Spain and France)
title_full_unstemmed Medicine and masculinity in the 19th century: transnational trends and the specificities of South-Western Europe (Spain and France)
title_sort Medicine and masculinity in the 19th century: transnational trends and the specificities of South-Western Europe (Spain and France)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Martykánová, Darina
Gilarranz, Ainhoa
Núñez García, Víctor Manuel
author Martykánová, Darina
author_facet Martykánová, Darina
Gilarranz, Ainhoa
Núñez García, Víctor Manuel
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Núñez García, Víctor Manuel
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Psiquiatría
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Medicine
Masculinity
Social class
Spain
France
topic Medicine
Masculinity
Social class
Spain
France
description Gender played an important role in the presentation of the medical profession in the 19 th century. Medical historians point to the fact that the field of medicine became significantly masculinized from the Early Modern period onwards. The professionalisation of medicine, i.e., the widespread idea that medical treatment should be performed by people with professional training who charge money for their services, contributed to the exclusion of women from the role of medical authority. Another factor which played a role was the institutionalisation of med - icine, i.e., the creation of new hospitals, job positions for physicians and surgeons, the establishment of medical chambers and the ultimate link between the med - ical profession and formal professional education. For several years, our team of authors has been studying the professional dynamics of medicine in Spain and France and comparing them with other countries. We have concluded that while gender played an important role in medical professional discourse and in the pub - lic image of doctors as we find it in the period press, cartoons, literature, and other forms of representation, it did not always happen in the same way everywhere. For example, there were significant differences between France, the UK and Spain in the manner, in which doctors and society used gender elements to re - inforce doctors’ authority or, conversely, to criticise it. Certainly, one could also trace differences and similarities when comparing with Central Europe. We hope that our theoretical reflections and practical analysis of the relationship between social class, masculinity, and expert identity of physicians in 19 th century France and Spain will be of use to all.
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