Confinements: Fertility and Infertility in Contemporary Culture

by Naomi R. Cahn, Helena Michie, Naomi Cahn

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When a woman in the United States becomes pregnant or tries to become pregnant, she enters a world of information, technology, and expertise. Suddenly her body becomes public in a new way: medicine, law, and popular culture all offer her sometimes contradictory "expert" advice. Confinements explores the advice offered to pregnant and infertile women by examining assumptions about femininity, class, and the reproductive body that structure the language...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813524334

ISBN13:9780813524337

Release Date:June 1997

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Length:206 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Administration & Medicine Economics Feminist Theory Health Care Delivery Internal Medicine Literature & Fiction Medical Medical Books Medicine Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Women's Studies

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