Reproducing the Womb

Reproducing the Womb
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 0801481619
ISBN-13 : 9780801481611
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Book Synopsis Reproducing the Womb by : Alice Elaine Adams

Download or read book Reproducing the Womb written by Alice Elaine Adams and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice E. Adams crafts a subtle new response to the controversies surrounding reproductive freedom and the implications of medical technology. She explores a spectrum of competing visions of childbearing, from misogynistic nightmares of matriarchal control to feminist utopias. Firmly rooted in political reality, Adams offers innovative answers to the questions posed by the intimate interconnections, and the perceived conflicts, between fetus and mother, individual and collective.


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