The woman in the body : a cultural analysis of reproduction / Emily Martin.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [1987]Copyright date: ©1987Description: xi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0807046043
- 9780807046043
- 362.1082 22
- RG103.5 .M37 1987
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 362.1082 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A434405B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Problems and Methods -- 1. The Familiar and the Exotic -- 2. Fragmentation and Gender -- 2. Science as a Cultural System -- 3. Medical Metaphors of Women's Bodies: Menstruation and Menopause -- 4. Medical Metaphors of Women's Bodies: Birth -- 3. Women's Vantage Point -- 5. Self and Body Image -- 6. Menstruation, Work, and Class -- 7. Premenstrual Syndrome, Work Discipline, and Anger -- 8. Birth, Resistance, Race, and Class -- 9. The Creation of New Birth Imagery -- 10. Menopause, Power, and Heat -- 4. Consciousness and Ideology -- 11. Class and Resistance -- 12. The Embodiment of Oppositions -- Appendix 1: Interview Questions -- Appendix 2: Biographical Profiles -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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