Conceiving Normalcy : Rhetoric, Law, and the Double Binds of Infertility /

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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
Autor principal: Britt, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Carol), 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Infertility > Social aspects.
Human reproductive technology > Social aspects.
Human reproductive technology > Law and legislation.
Health insurance > Law and legislation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Infertilite > Aspect social.
Procreation medicalement assistee > Aspect social.
Human reproductive technology > Law and legislation > Massachusetts.
Health insurance > Law and legislation > Massachusetts.
Massachusetts.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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 rhetoric in complex cultural processes can be better understood. Countering the commonsensical notion that mandatory insurance coverage functions primarily to relieve the problem of infertility, Britt argues instead that the coverage serves to expose its contours. Britt finds that the mandat.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (220 pages).
ISBN:9780817387891

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