Advice for new mothers

Advice to Mothers

Education for motherhood: advice for mothers in twentieth-century Canada

While the study of Harvey's natural philosophy, in particular the analysis of the anatomy lectures and of De motu cordis, is insightful and persuasive, the section devoted to philosophy teaching in Cambridge when Harvey was a student is somewhat cursory and it is not clear why French decided to base his investigation on John Case's Ancilla, which was published in 1599-when Harvey had already mo...

A Narrative of Fear: Advice to Mothers.

Taking present-day research into so-called new momism and intense mothering as a starting point, this article argues that the current mothering discourse, rather than articulating a new phenomenon, perpetuates a regulative discourse developed in the nineteenth century, in advice books written by medical doctors for pregnant women and new mothers. Both the Victorian and the present-day texts pla...

New year, new advice, new news

We start another year with this issue of the RBO, which now contains a greater number of studies. This was decided by the Editorial Board and the new directorate of the SBOT, in view of the ever greater number of studies sent for publication: instead of more issues, a journal with a greater number of studies. The Editorial Board has been renewed through the entry of Professors Akira Ishida, Hel...

Advice for New (and Seasoned) Faculty: Reprise.