Gender, identity & reproduction : social perspectives /

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Imprint:Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Description:xii, 236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5056799
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Varying Form of Title:Gender, identity, and reproduction
Other authors / contributors:Earle, Sarah, 1972-
Letherby, Gayle.
ISBN:140390281X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Gender, Identity and Reproduction draws on a variety of perspectives relevant to an understanding of reproduction across the life-course. Through a consideration of the representation of reproductive identities and experiences, the book highlights difference and diversity in relation to contemporary reproductive choices. The book focuses on women's and men's experiences of agency, control and negotiation within the context of cultural, medical, political, theoretical and lay ideologies of the reproductive process in contemporary Western societies.
Physical Description:xii, 236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:140390281X