The elusive embryo : how women and men approach new reproductive technologies / / Gay Becker |
Autore | Becker Gaylene |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 320 pages) |
Disciplina | 616.6/9206 |
Soggetto topico |
Human reproductive technology
Infertility - Patients |
Soggetto non controllato |
biological parents
biology birth parents childbirth conception consumer culture consumerism cultural embryo emotional feminism fertility issues fertility finance gender global in vitro fertilization industry international medical mental health modern life modern world money problems natural birth parenting pregnancy reproduction reproductive rights reproductive technology sexuality social studies technology womens issues |
ISBN |
1-59734-589-X
1-282-35509-0 9786612355097 0-520-92524-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: From Personal Experience to Research -- 1. Consuming Technologies -- 2. Confronting Notions of Normalcy -- 3. The Embattled Body -- 4. Genes and Generations -- 5. Experiencing Risks -- 6. Taking Action -- 7. Selling Hope -- 8. Decisions about Donors -- 9. Embodied Technology -- 10. Shifting Gears -- 11. Redefining Normalcy -- 12. Women Rethinking Parenthood -- 13. Rewriting the Family -- 14. Performing Gender -- Appendix: About the Research -- Glossary -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777354703321 |
Becker Gaylene | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reproducing women [[electronic resource] ] : medicine, metaphor, and childbirth in late imperial China / / Yi-Li Wu |
Autore | Wu Yi-Li <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.198/400951 |
Soggetto topico |
Childbirth - China - History
Women's health services - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
17th century
18th century 19th century childbearing childbirth china chinese culture chinese history conception cultural history dangers of childbirth development of medicine fuke health issues historical periods historical perspective ideological issues late imperial china late imperial medicine medical writings medicine miscarriage nonfiction pregnancy qing dynasty reproductive diseases women womens bodies womens issues womens medicine |
ISBN |
1-282-73255-2
9786612732553 0-520-94761-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Late Imperial Fuke and the Literate Medical Tradition -- 2. Amateur as Arbiter: Popular Fuke Manuals in the Qing -- 3. Function and Structure in the Female Body -- 4. An Uncertain Harvest: Pregnancy and Miscarriage -- 5. "Born Like a Lamb": The Discourse of Cosmologically Resonant Childbirth -- 6. To Generate and Transform: Strategies for Postpartum Health -- Epilogue: Body, Gender, and Medical Legitimacy -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785269403321 |
Wu Yi-Li <1965-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reproducing women : medicine, metaphor, and childbirth in late imperial China / / Yi-Li Wu |
Autore | Wu Yi-Li <1965-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.198/400951 |
Soggetto topico |
Childbirth - China - History
Women's health services - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
17th century
18th century 19th century childbearing childbirth china chinese culture chinese history conception cultural history dangers of childbirth development of medicine fuke health issues historical periods historical perspective ideological issues late imperial china late imperial medicine medical writings medicine miscarriage nonfiction pregnancy qing dynasty reproductive diseases women womens bodies womens issues womens medicine |
ISBN |
1-282-73255-2
9786612732553 0-520-94761-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Late Imperial Fuke and the Literate Medical Tradition -- 2. Amateur as Arbiter: Popular Fuke Manuals in the Qing -- 3. Function and Structure in the Female Body -- 4. An Uncertain Harvest: Pregnancy and Miscarriage -- 5. "Born Like a Lamb": The Discourse of Cosmologically Resonant Childbirth -- 6. To Generate and Transform: Strategies for Postpartum Health -- Epilogue: Body, Gender, and Medical Legitimacy -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996247974903316 |
Wu Yi-Li <1965-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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