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BL
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969242
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b723612
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Gender perspectives on reproduction and sexuality /\ edited by Marcia Texler Segal, Vasilikie Demos with Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld.
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam ;Boston :: Elsevier JAI,, 2004.
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| Series Statement
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Advances in gender research ;; v. 8
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1 online resource (vi, 292 pages) :: illustrations.
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0080472842
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: 9780080472843
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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.
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Childbirth-- Social aspects.
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Female circumcision.
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Human reproduction-- Social aspects.
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Women's rights.
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Excision (Ethnologie)
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Femmes-- Droits.
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Naissance-- Aspect social.
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Reproduction humaine-- Aspect social.
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Childbirth-- Social aspects.
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Female circumcision.
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Human reproduction-- Social aspects.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Gender Studies.
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Women's rights.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.3
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HQ1075.A27 2004eb
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Demos, Vasilikie P.
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Kronenfeld, Jennie J.
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Segal, Maria Texler,1940-
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