Status
Available
Publication
Beacon Press (1999), Edition: 3rd Printing, 276 pages
Description
A bold reappraisal of science and society, "The Woman in the Body" explores the different ways that women's reproduction is seen in American culture. Contrasting the views of medical science with those of ordinary women from diverse social and economic backgrounds, anthropologist Emily Martin presents unique fieldwork on American culture and uncovers the metaphors of economy and alienation that pervade women's imaging of themselves and their bodies. A new preface examines some of the latest medical ideas about women's reproductive cycles.
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Subjects
Awards
Eileen Basker Memorial Prize (1988)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
276 p.
ISBN
0807046191 / 9780807046197
Local notes
reproduction/ abortion
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