Essay on ‘As You Were’ by Camilla Mørk Røstvik
‘Birth knowledge and institutional experiences: Lyndsay Mann’s “As You Were”’.
An essay by Dr Camilla Mørk Røstvik for the edited volume, Art and the Critical Medical Humanities. Edited by Ed., Fiona Johnstone, Allison Morehead, Imogen Wilshire, published by Bloomsbury (2026).
Camilla is Professor in History at the University of Agder, Norway. She specialises in 20th and 21st cultural histories, with a longstanding research interest in the history, cultures, and art of menstruation. Her interests include modern art history, feminist art history, reproductive history, women's and gender history, and the archetype of the witch. Camilla is Honorary Lecturer in the School of Medicine and the School of Art History at Aberdeen, and Honorary Research Fellow in Art History at the University of St Andrews.
The essay is available to read Open Access here: Birth knowledge and institutional experiences: Lyndsay Mann’s As You Were
My warmest thanks to Camilla for her deep engagement with my film and research. I am hugely grateful for her energy, support, and this insightful text on my work.
More information about the publication is available on the Bloomsbury website here: Art and the Critical Medical Humanities
As You Were (2024) features in another chapter of the volume, in an essay titled, In living colour: realism and abstraction in anatomical models of the female reproductive body, 1880–1900, by Jessica M Dandona, Professor of Liberal Arts at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Read an excerpt in my previous blog post >
Essay available Open Access at Bloomsbury Collections.
See images and excerpts from my film on its webpage here