Woman in the Body A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction

Name: Woman in the Body A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction
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ISBN: 9780807046456

ISBN-10: 0807046450

ISBN-13: 9780807046456

Edition: 2001

Authors: Emily Martin

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This bold reappraisal of science and society explores the different ways that women's reproduction is seen in American culture. "Spectacular. There is no better study of the power of metaphor in modern medicine." -Thomas W. Laqueur, author of Making Sex "One of the greatest strengths of this fascinating book is Martin's careful analysis of how medical language about women's bodies reveals cultural assumptions about women and their life's purpose. . . . Highly recommended." -Judith Walzer Leavitt, Bulletin of the History of Medicine

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 8/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface to the 2001 Edition


Introduction to the 1992 Edition



Problems and Methods



The Familiar and the Exotic



Fragmentation and Gender



Science as a Cultural System



Medical Metaphors of Women's Bodies: Menstruation and Menopause



Medical Metaphors of Women's Bodies: Birth



Women's Vantage Point



Self and Body Image



Menstruation, Work, and Class



Premenstrual Syndrome, Work Discipline, and Anger



Birth, Resistance, Race, and Class



The Creation of New Birth Imagery



Menopause, Power, and Heat



Consciousness and Ideology



Class and Resistance



The Embodiment of Oppositions



Interview Questions



Biographical Profiles


Notes


References


Index