Parteras, nodrizas y cuidadoras en Mesopotamia

This paper focuses on the Mesopotamian female prac-tices connected with birth and post-natal care. Most of this information comes from Sumerian and Acadian texts on the birth goddesses who help other divinities with techniques and procedures that emanated from real human contexts. The author argues...

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Autor: Couto-Ferreira, Maria Erica
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2072/484608
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/2072/484608
https://doi.org/10.51417/hicetnunc_08_10
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dones -- Història -- Fins al 500
Dones -- Treball - Fins al 500
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Sumario:This paper focuses on the Mesopotamian female prac-tices connected with birth and post-natal care. Most of this information comes from Sumerian and Acadian texts on the birth goddesses who help other divinities with techniques and procedures that emanated from real human contexts. The author argues for the im-portance of the personal experience of midwifes and wet-nurses in transmitting knowledge about the pro-cesses of birth and child- care. In addition the paper stresses the emotional role of wet-nurses and their on-going relationship with the children from childhood to adulthood.