本論文主要探討早期現代母職形構過程。論旨是早期現代經歷一場從奶媽式微到〝新好媽媽〞崛起的歷史過渡。第一章分析十六世紀初〝新好媽媽〞論述如何形成。第二章試圖瞭解十七世紀初貴族母親如何回應〝新好媽媽〞論述以及此論述所製造的緊張態勢。第三章探討十七世紀末產婆如何替奶媽辯護，並結論奶媽行業在此重要歷史時刻已被〝新好媽媽〞論述逐漸瓦解而式微。 This thesis mainly concerns early modern formation of motherhood. I argue that the early modern period witnessed a historical transition from the decline of the wet-nurse to the emergence of the “New Mother.” In Chapter One, I analyze how the “New Mother” discourse was formulated in the early sixteenth century. In Chapter Two, I turn to an elite mother’s response to the “New Mother” discourse as well as the tension this discourse produced in the early seventeenth century. In Chapter Three, I look into a midwife’s defense of the wet-nurse in the late seventeenth century, and conclude that wet-nursing was undermined by the “New Mother” discourse during this crucial moment in history.
