Fetal subjects, feminist positions / edited by Lynn M. Morgan and Meredith W. Michaels.

Other author Morgan, Lynn Marie.
Other author Michaels, Meredith W.
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1999.
Descriptionvi, 345 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: the fetal imperative / Meredith W. Michaels and Lynn M. Morgan. -- The fetus on the "farther shore": towards a history of the unborn / Barbara Duden. -- The emergence of the fetus / Kathryn Pyne Addelson. -- Materializing the fetal body, or, what are those corpses doing in biology's basement? / Lynn M. Morgan. -- Dead embryos: feminism in suspension / Sarah Franklin. -- Fathers, mothers, and fetal harm: rethinking gender difference and reproductive responsibility / Cynthia R. Daniels. -- Operation to the rescue: feminist encounters with fetal surgery / Monica J. Casper. -- Fetal galaxies: some questions about what we see / Meredith W. Michaels. -- The traffic in fetuses / Carol A. Stabile. -- Minority unborn / Carol Mason. -- Irish trans/national politics and locating fetuses / Loury Oaks. -- "Womb with a view": script and stills / Sherry Millner. -- The fetal monster / Ernest Larsen. -- "I remember the day I shopped for your Layette": consumer goods, fetuses, and feminism in the context of pregnancy loss / Linda L. Layne. -- Fetal reflections: confessions of two feminist anthropologists as mutual informants / Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp. -- Epilogue: reflections on abortion politics and the practices called person / Valerie Hartouni.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [305]-330) and index.
LCCN 99012261
ISBN0812234960 (cl. : alk. paper)
ISBN081221689X (paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ1190 .F5 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold