TY  - BOOK
AU  - Segal,Maria Texler
AU  - Demos,Vasilikie P.
AU  - Kronenfeld,Jennie J.
TI  - Gender perspectives on reproduction and sexuality
T2  - Advances in gender research
SN  - 9780080472843
AV  - HQ1075 .A27 2004eb
U1  - 305.3 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Amsterdam, Boston
PB  - Elsevier JAI
KW  - Human reproduction
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Childbirth
KW  - Women's rights
KW  - Female genital mutilation
KW  - Women's Rights
KW  - Circumcision, Female
KW  - Reproduction humaine
KW  - Aspect social
KW  - Naissance
KW  - Femmes
KW  - Droits
KW  - Excision (Ethnologie)
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Gender Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Female circumcision
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Gender perspectives on reproduction and sexuality : introduction / Marcia Texler Segal and Vasilikie Demos with Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld -- Reproductive rights : an analytical proposal / Alejandro Cervantes-Carson -- Delivery : gender and the language of birth / Terri A. Winnick -- How I became a midwife : identity, biographical work, and legitimation in midwives' work narratives / Lara Foley -- Menstrual extraction, abortion, and the political context of feminist self-help / Denise A. Copelton -- Genital surgeries and stimulation in nineteenth century psychiatry / Carol A.B. Warren -- A demographic paradox : causes and consequences of female genital cutting in northeastern Africa / Kathryn M. Yount and Deborah L. Balk -- Contraceptive technology and reproductive rights : the IUD at historical and geographical junctures / Chikako Takeshita
N2  - This volume offers feminist perspectives on the social, cultural and medical aspects of women as sexual beings and of their fertility, pregnancy and child bearing. It serves as a companion to Advances in Gender Research volume 7, Gender perspectives on Health and Medicine: Key Themes. As in the previous volume, the authors critique and transcend conventional biomedical approaches to the subject matter. The seven essays raise questions about control and agency asking who decides if, when and how fertility should be controlled and the circumstances under which child birth takes place. They addre
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