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954458
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b708828
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Paxson, Heather,1968-
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Making modern mothers : : ethics and family planning in urban Greece /\ Heather Paxson.
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2004.
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1 online resource (xvi, 335 pages) :: illustrations
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0520223713
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: 1282762915
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: 1597347272
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: 6612762918
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: 9780520223714
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: 9780520238206
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: 9780520937130
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: 9781282762916
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: 9781417522828
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: 9781597347273
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: 9786612762918
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-319) and index.
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| Contents
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Illustrations; Acknowledgments; A Note on Transliteration; Prologue; 1 Realizing Nature; 2 Remaking Mothers From an Ethic of Service to an Ethic of Choice; 3 Rationalizing Sex: Family Planning and an Ethic of Well-Being; 4 Maternal Citizens: Demographics, Pronatalism, and Population Policy; 5 Technologies of Greek Motherhood; appendix 1. Total Fertility Rates, European Union Countries, 1960-2000; appendix 2. Legislation of the Greek State Pertaining to Gender Equality, Marriage, Family, and Reproduction; appendix 3. Birthrates, Greece, 1934-1999; Notes; References; Index.
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| Abstract
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Heather Paxson addresses the ambivalent perceptions of motherhood in Athens, as traditional views on femininity and childbearing are challenged by consumerism and imported biomedical family planning methods.
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Birth control-- Greece-- Athens-- Public opinion.
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Feminist anthropology-- Greece-- Athens.
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Motherhood-- Greece-- Athens.
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Public opinion-- Greece-- Athens.
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Women-- Greece-- Athens-- Social conditions.
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Birth control-- Public opinion.
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Feminist anthropology.
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Manners and customs.
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Motherhood.
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Public opinion.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Feminism Feminist Theory.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Gender Studies.
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Women-- Social conditions.
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Family Planning Services.
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Feministische filosofie.
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Geboorteregeling.
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Moederschap.
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Publieke opinie.
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Abortion, Legal.
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Gender Identity.
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Mothers.
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Sexual Behavior.
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Athens (Greece), Social life and customs.
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Greece, Athens.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.42/09495/12
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| LC Classification
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GN585.G85P39 2004eb
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2004 E-224
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WA 550.GG6P341m 2004
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73.43bcl
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73.43.bcl
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