عنوان

Gender perspectives on reproduction and sexuality /

(Number (ISBN

0080472842

(Number (ISBN

9780080472843

Number

b723612

Title Proper

Gender perspectives on reproduction and sexuality /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Marcia Texler Segal, Vasilikie Demos with Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Boston :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Elsevier JAI,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2004.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (vi, 292 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations.

Series Title

Advances in gender research ;

Volume Designation

v. 8

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Gender perspectives on reproduction and sexuality : introduction / Marcia Texler Segal and Vasilikie Demos with Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld -- Reproductive rights : an analytical proposal / Alejandro Cervantes-Carson -- Delivery : gender and the language of birth / Terri A. Winnick -- How I became a midwife : identity, biographical work, and legitimation in midwives' work narratives / Lara Foley -- Menstrual extraction, abortion, and the political context of feminist self-help / Denise A. Copelton -- Genital surgeries and stimulation in nineteenth century psychiatry / Carol A.B. Warren -- A demographic paradox : causes and consequences of female genital cutting in northeastern Africa / Kathryn M. Yount and Deborah L. Balk -- Contraceptive technology and reproductive rights : the IUD at historical and geographical junctures / Chikako Takeshita.

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Text of Note

This volume offers feminist perspectives on the social, cultural and medical aspects of women as sexual beings and of their fertility, pregnancy and child bearing. It serves as a companion to Advances in Gender Research volume 7, Gender perspectives on Health and Medicine: Key Themes. As in the previous volume, the authors critique and transcend conventional biomedical approaches to the subject matter. The seven essays raise questions about control and agency asking who decides if, when and how fertility should be controlled and the circumstances under which child birth takes place. They addre.

Title

Gender perspectives on reproduction and sexuality.

International Standard Book Number

9780762310883

Childbirth-- Social aspects.

Female circumcision.

Human reproduction-- Social aspects.

Women's rights.

Excision (Ethnologie)

Femmes-- Droits.

Naissance-- Aspect social.

Reproduction humaine-- Aspect social.

Childbirth-- Social aspects.

Female circumcision.

Human reproduction-- Social aspects.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Gender Studies.

Women's rights.

SOC-- 032000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Demos, Vasilikie P.

Kronenfeld, Jennie J.

Segal, Maria Texler,1940-

Date of Transaction

20201209111022.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

pn

Electronic name

[Book]

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