ISBN:
0415917883
,
0415917891
,
0203891902
,
9780415917889
,
9780415917896
,
9780203891902
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 276 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Reconstructing Motherhood and Disability in the Age of "Perfect" Babies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Landsman, Gail Heidi, 1951 - Reconstructing motherhood and disability in the age of "perfect" babies
DDC:
306.874/3
Keywords:
Mothers Psychology
;
Parents of children with disabilities
Abstract:
A vital work at the intersection of the feminist anthropology of reproduction and disability studies
Description / Table of Contents:
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT: Choice, Control, and Mother-Blame; 3 DIMINISHED MOTHERHOOD; 4 MOTHERS, DOCTORS, AND DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS: On Denial, Personhood, and the Emplotment of Children's Lives; 5 THE CHILD AS GIVER: Mothers' Critique of the Commodification of Babies; 6 ON MOTHERING, MODELS, AND DISABILITY RIGHTS; EPILOGUE: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS; APPENDIX: PROFILES OF INTERVIEW PARTICIPANTS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-264) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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