Fetal Subjects, Feminist Positions
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Fetal Subjects, Feminist Positions

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  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Fetal Subjects, Feminist Positions

About this book

Selected as the "Most Enduring Edited Collection" by the Council on Anthropology and ReproductionSince Roe v. Wade, there has been increasing public interest in fetuses, in part as a result of effective antiabortion propaganda and in part as a result of developments in medicine and technology. While feminists have begun to take note of the proliferation of fetal images in various media, such as medical journals, magazines, and motion pictures, few have openly addressed the problems that the emergence of the fetal subject poses for feminism. Fetal Subjects, Feminist Positions foregrounds feminism's effort to focus on the importance of women's reproductive agency, and at the same time acknowledges the increasing significance of fetal subjects in public discourse and private experience. Essays address the public fascination with the fetal subject and its implications for abortion discourse and feminist commitment to reproductive rights in the United States. Contributors include scholars from fields as diverse as anthropology, communications, political science, sociology, and philosophy.

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Information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9780812234961
eBook ISBN
9781512807561
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction: The Fetal Imperative
  3. Part I. Conceiving the Fetus: History and Overview
  4. Chapter One. The Fetus on the "Farther Shore"
  5. Chapter Two. The Emergence of the Fetus
  6. Chapter Three. Materializing the Fetal Body
  7. Chapter Four. Dead Embryos
  8. Chapter Five. Fathers, Mothers, and Fetal Harm
  9. Part II: Manipulating the Fetal Image
  10. Chapter Six. Operation to the Rescue
  11. Chapter Seven. Fetal Galaxies
  12. Chapter Eight. The Traffic in Fetuses
  13. Chapter Nine. Minority Unborn
  14. Chapter Ten. Irish Trans/national Politics and Locating Fetuses
  15. Part III: Of Women and Fetuses
  16. Chapter Eleven. "Womb with a View"
  17. Chapter Twelve. The Fetal Monster
  18. Chapter Thirteen “I Remember the Day I Shopped for Your Layette”
  19. Chapter Fourteen. Fetal Reflections
  20. Epilogue: Reflections on Abortion Politics and the Practices Called Person
  21. Bibliography
  22. Contributors
  23. Acknowledgments
  24. Index

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