医学史中的性别政治——读费侠莉《繁盛之阴：中国医学史中的性(960—1665)》

Gender Politics in the History of Medicine:ReadingA Flourishing Yin:Gender in China's History of Medicine,960-1665

美国学者费侠莉(Charlotte Furth)的《繁盛之阴:中国医学史中的性(960—1665)》把女性身体置入中国医学史中进行考察,将焦点集中在中医女性身体论述演变的谱系上,并通过对相关的男性的身体、医业分工、医病关系的分析呈现社会性别权力体系与医学话语之间的相互建构。这正是费侠莉著作的独特之处,是她对女性主义科学史研究的贡献所在。

This paper reviews A Flourishing Yin： Gender in China＇s History of Medicine,960-1665 by Charlotte Furth, which has locat- ed the female body in the midst of complex discourse of China＇s medical history. This book focuses on the changes of historical records of female body. Through putting in male＇s body, dividing in work and the relationship between doctors and patients, the book reveals that the traditional gender system penetrates the medical discourse, and visa versa. This style of writing by Charlotte Furth is unique and presents her contribution to the study of feminist historiography of science.