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Minisode 1: Women and Early Modern Mines with Dr Gabriele Marcon

Minisode 1: Women and Early Modern Mines with Dr Gabriele Marcon

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 Surprise — it’s a minisode! In our very first interview, historian of early modern mining Dr Gabriele Marcon (I Tatti / Harvard University) shows Emma and Christy a painting from early modern Spanish America. Join us as we learn about the erotics of mining, the power of menstrual blood, early modern medicine, female alchemists, the long history of women’s invisible labour, elixirs of life, midwifery, and (somehow) Mount Rushmore.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE IMAGES WE DISCUSS, as well as complete show notes, references, and suggestions for further reading.

GUEST
You can find Gabriele on Twitter @GbbaMrc, and read his work at https://itatti.academia.edu/GabrieleMarcon

MEDIA DISCUSSED
The Virgin of the Cerro Rico of Potosí (c. 1680)
Mount Rushmore (completed 1941)

CREDITS
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‘Drawing Blood’ cover art © Emma Merkling
All audio and content © Emma Merkling and Christy Slobogin
Intro music: ‘There Will Be Blood’ by Kim Petras, © BunHead Records 2019. We’re still trying to get hold of permissions for this song – Kim Petras text us back!!
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