Reproducing the Womb : Images of Childbirth in Science, Feminist Theory, and Literature / Alice E. Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Alice E., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Womens Studies.

Local Subjects:

Womens Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.) : 2 halftones

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Alice E. Adams crafts a subtle new response to the controversies surrounding reproductive freedom and the implications of medical technology. She explores a spectrum of competing visions of childbearing, from misogynistic nightmares of matriarchal control to feminist utopias. Firmly rooted in political reality, Adams offers innovative answers to the questions posed by the intimate interconnections, and the perceived conflicts, between fetus and mother, individual and collective.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

I. The Mirror of Birth

II. The Mother-State

III. Framing the Fetal Portrait

IV. Reproducing Postpatriarchal History

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-5017-3311-7

OCLC:

1129183239