The Sentimental Physician: J. Marion Sims's Story of My Life.
The career of Dr. J. Marion Sims, considered the "father of modern gynecology," culminated with his autobiography. Story of My Life signals the interdependency of American medicine and nineteenth-century print culture, which furthered the demand for physicians' life narratives. Published posthumousl...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Review of American Studies Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 1 - 20 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of Toronto Press
Apr2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=163283624&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 163283624 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00077720 CRA jtl: Canadian Review of American Studies issn: 00077720 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Apr2023 vid: 53 iid: 1 pid: 678 pub: University of Toronto Press artinfo: ui: 163283624 10.3138/cras-2022-009 ppf: 1 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 585KB tig: atl: The Sentimental Physician: J. Marion Sims's Story of My Life. aug: au: Chan, Maddi affil: University of Bergen, Norway su: Story of My Life, The (Book) Sims, J. Marion (James Marion), 1813-1883 Sentimentalism Sentimentalism in literature Medicine Slavery Gynecology Gynecologists sug: subj: Story of My Life, The (Book) Sims, J. Marion (James Marion), 1813-1883 Sentimentalism Sentimentalism in literature Medicine Slavery Gynecology Gynecologists keyword: gynecology life-writing medical discourse sentimentality slavery écriture de vie discours médical esclavage gynécologie sentimentalité ab: The career of Dr. J. Marion Sims, considered the "father of modern gynecology," culminated with his autobiography. Story of My Life signals the interdependency of American medicine and nineteenth-century print culture, which furthered the demand for physicians' life narratives. Published posthumously in 1884, Sims's autobiography is informed by abolitionist sensationalism and sentimentality. Though his work depended on the exploitation and labour of enslaved women, Sims represents himself and his patients sentimentally, in ways that dismiss his culpability in the violence of slavery while legitimizing his authorial voice. By examining how medicine and sentiment intersect within Sims's autobiography, this paper demonstrates how Sims's performative affect, together with nineteenth-century sexual and racial politics, granted him unmitigated access to enslaved women's bodies. The rhetoric of sentimentality deployed in Story of My Life functions to secure Sims's authority and innocence as a benevolent physician, erasing the labour and embodied experience of the enslaved women he experimented on. La carrière du Dr J. Marion Sims, considéré comme le « père de la gynécologie moderne », a culminé avec son autobiographie. Story of My Life témoigne de l'interdépendance entre la médecine américaine et la culture de la presse écrite du XIX siècle, qui a renforcé la demande de récits de vie des médecins. Publiée à titre posthume en 1884, l'autobiographie du gynécologue s'inspire du sensationnalisme et du sentimentalisme abolitionnistes. Bien que son travail ait été tributaire de l'exploitation et du travail de femmes asservies, le Dr Sims se représente et représente ses patients de manière sentimentale et de façon à rejeter sa culpabilité dans la violence de l'esclavage tout en légitimant sa voix d'auteur. En examinant la façon dont la médecine et le sentiment s'entrecroisent dans l'autobiographie du Dr Sims, le présent article démontre la manière dont l'affect performatif de ce médecin et les politiques sexuelles et raciales du XIX siècle lui ont permis d'accéder sans restriction aux corps de femmes asservies. La rhétorique du sentimentalisme déployée dans Story of My Life sert à garantir l'autorité et l'innocence du Dr Sims en tant que médecin bienveillant, tout en effaçant le travail et l'expérience corporelle des femmes asservies sur lesquelles il a mené des expériences. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Literary Criticism src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Canadian Review of American Studies is the property of University of Toronto Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Canadian Review of American Studies holder: University of Toronto Press dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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