LEADER 03017nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910781631403321 005 20230725051416.0 010 $a1-4529-4609-4 010 $a0-8166-7656-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000049881 035 $a(EBL)784152 035 $a(OCoLC)756484550 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000535006 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11332202 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535006 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10520944 035 $a(PQKB)10258372 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001177961 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC784152 035 $a(OCoLC)769187603 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29896 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL784152 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10502047 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525769 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000049881 100 $a20100802d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChoices women make$b[electronic resource] $eagency in domestic violence, assisted reproduction, and sex work /$fCarisa R. Showden 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-5596-0 311 $a0-8166-5595-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aConceiving agency: autonomy, freedom, and the creation of the embodied subject -- Should I stay or should I go?: intimate partner violence and the agency in "victim" -- Mum's the word: assisted reproduction and the ideology of motherhood -- Working it: prostitution and the social construction of sexual desire -- Agency and feminist politics: the role of democratic coalitions. 330 $aWomen's agency: Is it a matter of an individual's capacity for autonomy? Or of the social conditions that facilitate freedom? Combining theoretical and empirical perspectives, Carisa R. Showden investigates what exactly makes an agent and how that agency influences the ways women make inherently sensitive and difficult choices--specifically in instances of domestic violence, assisted reproduction, and sex work. In Showden's analysis, women's agency emerges as an individual and social construct, rooted in concrete experience, complex and changing over time. She traces the development and deploy 606 $aWomen$xIdentity 606 $aAutonomy (Psychology) 606 $aFeminist theory 606 $aFamily violence 606 $aReproductive technology 606 $aProstitution 615 0$aWomen$xIdentity. 615 0$aAutonomy (Psychology) 615 0$aFeminist theory. 615 0$aFamily violence. 615 0$aReproductive technology. 615 0$aProstitution. 676 $a305.4201 700 $aShowden$b Carisa Renae$01539228 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781631403321 996 $aChoices women make$93865382 997 $aUNINA