Confinements : fertility and infertility in contemporary culture / Helena Michie, Naomi R. Cahn.

  • Michie, Helena
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[1997]
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Publication/Creation

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [1997]

Physical description

x, 187 pages ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-177) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Confinements. Closer to Home: The Domestic in the Discourses of Upper-Middle Class Pregnacy. Confinement Outside the Home: The Institutionalization of Pregnant, Crack-Addicted Women -- Ch. 2. Unnatural Births: Cesarian Sections and Pain Management in the Natural Childbirth Movement -- Ch. 3. Making Choices, Making Babies -- Ch. 4. Displacements -- Ch. 5. The Nature of Infertility -- Ch. 6. Autonomy, Control, and Fertility -- Conclusion: Advice about Advice.

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  • 0813524326
  • 9780813524320
  • 0813524334
  • 9780813524337