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Politic Geographies Pregnan

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Description for Politic Geographies Pregnan paperback. Offers an analysis of the ways modern reproductive politics are shaped by long-standing debates on abortion and adoption, surrogacy arrangements, reproductive technologies, medical surveillance, and the mapping of the human genome. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFMA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.

A searing study of how modern reproductive politics shapes women's bodily agency

Pregnancy indisputably takes place within a woman's body. But as reproductive power finds its way into the hands of medical professionals, lobbyists, and policymakers, the geographies of pregnancy are shifting, and the boundaries need to be redrawn, argues Laura R. Woliver. The Political Geographies of Pregnancy is a vigorous analysis of the ways modern reproductive politics are shaped by long-standing debates on abortion and adoption, surrogacy arrangements, new reproductive technologies, medical surveillance, and the mapping of the human genome.

Across a politically charged backdrop of reproductive issues, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252075971
SKU
V9780252075971
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99-1

About Woliver
Laura R. Woliver is a professor of political science and women's studies at the University of South Carolina. She is the author of From Outrage to Action: The Politics of Grass Roots Dissent.

Reviews for Politic Geographies Pregnan
"Neatly reviews many of the major dramas and dilemmas that, thirty years after the federalization of women's 'choice,' continue to bedevil policymakers and ordinary people. But it also moved me, and will move others, to wake up and test its conclusions."
Rickie Solinger, Women's Review of Books "The Political Geographies of Pregnancy is an important challenge to the rush to accept ... Read more

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