Gender perspectives on reproduction and sexuality /

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 prev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Segal, Maria Texler, 1940-, Demos, Vasilikie P., Kronenfeld, Jennie J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier JAI, 2004.
Colección:Advances in gender research ; v. 8.
Temas:
Human reproduction > Social aspects.
Childbirth > Social aspects.
Women's rights.
Female genital mutilation.
Women's Rights
Circumcision, Female
Reproduction humaine > Aspect social.
Naissance > Aspect social.
Femmes > Droits.
Excision (Ethnologie)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Childbirth > Social aspects
Female circumcision
Human reproduction > Social aspects
Women's rights
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 292 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780080472843
0080472842

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