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The Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction
Book Details
- Publisher: Beacon Press
- Publish Date: Aug 1st, 2001
- Pages: 312
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.04in - 6.04in - 0.83in - 0.94lb
- EAN: 9780807046456
- Categories: • Women's Studies• Women's Health - General• Anthropology - General
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About the Author
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What people are saying
Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale. Physician. Author of Apollo's Arrow; Blueprint; and Connected. Luckily wed @ErikaChristakis
In my public health classes, I’ve long discussed the abuse of pregnant women in prisons, sometimes required to deliver a baby while shackled. It’s inhumane. This practice is often driven by a dehumanization of “the woman in the body” to quote Emily Martin. #Socy126 #soc190 https://t.co/FUIS0449Kg
Praise for this book
"One of the greatest strengths of this fascinating book is Martin's careful analysis of how medical language about women's bodies reveals cultural assumptions about women and their life's purpose. . . . Highly recommended." --Judith Walzer Leavitt, Bullentin of the History of Medicine
"An important contribution. . . . In challenging the status of both bio-medical 'facts' and popular assumptions about women this book will stimulate scholars and students of gender, medicine, and American culture." --American Ethnologist
"Provocative. . . . Martin's conclusions are ground-breaking." --Julia Epstein, The Women's Review of Books
What people are saying
Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale. Physician. Author of Apollo's Arrow; Blueprint; and Connected. Luckily wed @ErikaChristakis
In my public health classes, I’ve long discussed the abuse of pregnant women in prisons, sometimes required to deliver a baby while shackled. It’s inhumane. This practice is often driven by a dehumanization of “the woman in the body” to quote Emily Martin. #Socy126 #soc190 https://t.co/FUIS0449Kg