Baby's First Picture : Ultrasound and the Politics of Fetal Subjects /

Appearing through developments in medicine, in volatile debates over abortion rights, in popular guides to pregnancy, and in advertisements for cars and long-distance telephone plans, the fetus has become an increasingly familiar part of our social landscape in Canada. Lisa Mitchell provides a criti...

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Autor principal: Mitchell, Lisa M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Temas:
Fetus > Ultrasonic imaging > Social aspects.
Fetus > Ultrasonic imaging > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Case studies.
Medical personnel > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Attitudes.
Pregnant women > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Attitudes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introducing Ultrasound Fetal Imaging
  • 2. Opening the Black Box: The Ontology of Fetal Ultrasound Images
  • 3. The View from the Field
  • 4. Being Pregnant and Coming to Know the Fetus
  • 5. 'Showing the Baby': Sonographers' Accounts of Fetal Images
  • 6. 'Seeing the Baby': Women's Perspectives on Ultrasound
  • 7. Reconnections: Women, Ultrasound, and Reproductive Politics
  • 8. Re-Visions: Other Ways of Seeing
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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