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Conceiving normalcy : rhetoric, law, and the double binds of infertility /

This ground-breaking rhetorical analysis examines a 1987 Massachusetts law affecting infertility treatment and the cultural context that makes such a law possible. Elizabeth C. Britt uses a Massachusetts statute requiring insurance coverage for infertility as a lens through which the work of rhetori...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Britt, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Carol), 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, 2014.
Colección:Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Pursuing Normalcy; 1. Defining Infertility; 2. Insuring (In)Fertility; 3. Success and Failure; 4. Order and Discontinuity; 5. Control and Constraint; Epilogue: The Cultural Work of the Double Bind; Appendix A: Text of the Massachusetts Infertility Insurance Mandate; Appendix B: Legislative Information; Appendix C: Research Methods; Appendix D: Interview Participants; Notes; Glossary; Works Cited; Index.