Sign of pathology : U. S. medical rhetoric on abortion, 1800s-1960s / / Nathan Stormer
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| Autore: |
Stormer Nathan <1966->
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| Titolo: |
Sign of pathology : U. S. medical rhetoric on abortion, 1800s-1960s / / Nathan Stormer
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| Pubblicazione: | University Park, Pennsylvania : , : Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2015] |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xi, 256 pages ) |
| Disciplina: | 363.460973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Abortion - United States - History |
| Rhetoric | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Abortion Rhetoric |
| Biopower Medicine | |
| Pathology Memory Studies | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction : struggling through life -- When abortion became a political-economic problem -- Remembering, forgetting, and the secrets of life -- "White man's plague" : anti-Malthusian memory work at the fin de siecle -- "More wisdom in living" : neo-Malthusian memory work at midcentury -- "The lesser of threatened evils" : therapeutic amnesias -- Conclusion : seeking immunity. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "Examines the medical discourse on abortion in the United States from the 1800s to the 1960s. Demonstrates that abortion was seen as a sign of social pathology indicating undoing of civilization"--Provided by publisher. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Sign of pathology |
| ISBN: | 0-271-06688-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797372503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetori.