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The woman in the body, a cultural analysis of reproduction, Emily Martin

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The woman in the body

bibliography

Emily Martin

a cultural analysis of reproduction

1. Problems and Methods -- 1. The Familiar and the Exotic -- 2. Fragmentation and Gender -- 2. Science as a Cultural System -- 3. Medical Metaphors of Women's Bodies: Menstruation and Menopause -- 4. Medical Metaphors of Women's Bodies: Birth -- 3. Women's Vantage Point -- 5. Self and Body Image -- 6. Menstruation, Work, and Class -- 7. Premenstrual Syndrome, Work Discipline, and Anger -- 8. Birth, Resistance, Race, and Class -- 9. The Creation of New Birth Imagery -- 10. Menopause, Power, and Heat -- 4. Consciousness and Ideology -- 11. Class and Resistance -- 12. The Embodiment of Oppositions -- Appendix 1: Interview Questions -- Appendix 2: Biographical Profiles