Ourselves Unborn - A History of the Fetus in Modern America

Zusatztext Splendidly informative. Informationen zum Autor Sara Dubow is Assistant Professor of History at Williams College. Klappentext During the past several decades, the fetus has been diversely represented in political debates, medical textbooks and journals, personal memoirs and autobiographies, museum exhibits and mass media, and civil and criminal law. Zusammenfassung Ourselves Unborn examines how, from the nineteenth century through the early twenty-first century, Americans with disparate experiences, beliefs, values, and interests have participated in arguments about the legal identity, physiological condition, social value, cultural significance, and political status of the human fetus. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Fetal Stories Ch 1: Discovering Fetal Life, 1870s-1920s Ch 2: Interpreting Fetal Bodies, 1930s-1970s Ch 3: Defining Fetal Personhood, 1973-1976 Ch 4: Defending Fetal Rights: 1970s-1990s Ch 5: Debating Fetal Pain, 1984-2007 Epilogue: Fetal Meanings Notes Bibliography

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• Authors: Sara Dubow, Sara (Assistant Professor of History Dubow, Dubow Sara
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780190610715
• ISBN: 978-0-19-061071-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / Women, History of Medicine, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Ethical issues & debates, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Ethical issues, topics and debates