Baby's first picture : ultrasound and the politics of fetal subjects /

Show other versions (2)

"Appearing through developments in medicine, in volatile debates over abortion rights, in popular guides to pregnancy, and in advertisements for cars and long-distance telephone plans, the fetus has become an increasingly familiar part of our social landscape in Canada. Lisa Mitchell provides a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mitchell, Lisa Meryn
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2001.
Series:Canadian electronic library. Books collection.
Subjects:
Fetus > Ultrasonic imaging > Social aspects.
Fetus > Ultrasonic imaging > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Case studies.
Pregnant women > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Attitudes.
Medical personnel > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Attitudes.
Fetus.
Fetus > Ultrasonic imaging.
Pregnancy.
Social perception.
Fetus
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
Pregnancy
Social Perception
Fœtus > Échographie > Aspect social.
Fœtus > Échographie > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Études de cas.
Femmes enceintes > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Attitudes.
Personnel médical > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Attitudes.
Fœtus.
Fœtus > Échographie.
Grossesse.
Perception sociale.
pregnancy.
MEDICAL > Perinatology & Neonatology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Medical personnel > Attitudes.
Pregnant women > Attitudes.
Echografie.
Zwangerschap.
Antropologische aspecten.
Sociale aspecten.
Échographie.
Femme enceinte.
Foetus humain.
Quebec
Québec > Montréal.
Electronic books.
e-books.
Case studies.
Livres numériques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing ultrasound fetal imaging
  • Opening the black box: the ontology of fetal ultrasound images
  • The view from the field
  • Being pregnant and coming to know the fetus
  • 'Showing the baby': sonographers' accounts of fetal images
  • 'Seeing the baby': women's perspectives on ultrasound
  • Reconnections: women, ultrasound, and reproductive politics
  • Re-vision: other ways of seeing.

Similar Items