Dangerous pregnancies : mothers, disabilities, and abortion in modern America /
Dangerous Pregnancies tells the largely forgotten story of the German measles epidemic of the early 1960s and how it created national anxiety about dying, disabled, and "dangerous" babies. This epidemic would ultimately transform abortion politics, produce new science, and help build two o...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2010.
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Colección: | ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Epidemics, Reproduction, and the Fear of Maternal Marking; ONE: Observing Bodies; TWO: Specter of Tragedy; THREE: Wrongful Information; FOUR: Law Making and Law Breaking in an Epidemic; FIVE: "If Unborn Babies Are Going to Be Protected"; EPILOGUE: From Anxiety to Rights; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.