Baby's first picture : ultrasound and the politics of fetal subjects / Lisa M. Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Lisa Meryn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fetus--Ultrasonic imaging--Social aspects.

Fetus.

Fetus--Ultrasonic imaging--Québec (Province)--Montréal--Case studies.

Fetus--Ultrasonic imaging.

Social aspects.

Pregnant women--Québec (Province)--Montréal--Attitudes.

Pregnant women.

Medical personnel--Québec (Province)--Montréal--Attitudes.

Medical personnel.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2001]

Contents:

1. Introducing Ultrasound Fetal Imaging 3

2. Opening the Black Box: The Ontology of Fetal Ultrasound Images 22

3. The View from the Field 50

4. Being Pregnant and Coming to Know the Fetus 69

5. 'Showing the Baby': Sonographers' Accounts of Fetal Images 108

6. 'Seeing the Baby': Women's Perspectives on Ultrasound 137

7. Reconnections: Women, Ultrasound, And Reproductive Politics 169

8. Re-Visions: Other Ways of Seeing 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0802048102

0802083498

OCLC:

46703331