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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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