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Reproducing narrative : gender, reproduction and law / Michael Thomson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomson, Michael, 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abortion--Social aspects.
- Abortion.
- Abortion--Law and legislation--Language.
- Human reproductive technology--Social aspects.
- Human reproductive technology.
- Human reproductive technology--Law and legislation--Language.
- Women--Health and hygiene--Social aspects.
- Women.
- Women's health services--Social aspects.
- Women's health services.
- Discourse analysis.
- Women--Health and hygiene.
- Human reproductive technology--Law and legislation.
- Abortion--Law and legislation.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 228 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate/Dartmouth, [1998]
- Contents:
- 1 The Doctor, the Profession, his Patient and her Abortion 3
- 2 Woman, Medicine and Abortion in the Nineteenth Century 37
- 3 The Abortion Act 1967: Supporting Narratives 63
- 4 The Abortion Act 1967: Opposing Narratives 87
- 5 Employing the Body and Industrial Foetal Protection 117
- 6 New Reproductive Technologies: the (Post)modern Prometheus 143
- 7 Legislating for the Monstrous: the Monstrous Feminine and Access to Reproductive Services 171
- 8 Concluding Narratives: Applying the Past 197.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1855219298
- OCLC:
- 37935059
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