"Nearly half of all physicians and biologists are females, as are the majority of new psychologists, veterinarians, and dentists, suggesting that women have achieved equality with men in the workforce. But the ranks of professionals in math-intensive careers remain lopsidedly ma…
In this work, the historical development of dentistry as a profession in Ontario from the late 19th century to the end of the World War. It is used as a case study to explore the significance of gender, particularly masculinity, in the formation of professions.
Dripping with blood and gold, fetishized and tortured, gateway to earthly delights and point of contact with the divine, forcibly divided and powerful even beyond death, there was no territory more contested than the body in the medieval world. In Medieval Bodies, art historian …