Selected as the "Most Enduring Edited Collection" by the Council on Anthropology and ReproductionSince Roe v. Wade, there has been increasing public interest in fetuses, in part as a result of effective antiabortion propaganda and in part as a result of developments in medicine and technology. While feminists have begun to take note of the proliferation of fetal images in various media, such as medical journals, magazines, and motion pictures, few have openly addressed the problems that the emergence of the fetal subject poses for feminism. Fetal Subjects, Feminist Positions foregrounds feminism's effort to focus on the importance of women's reproductive agency, and at the same time acknowledges the increasing significance of fetal subjects in public discourse and private experience. Essays address the public fascination with the fetal subject and its implications for abortion discourse and feminist commitment to reproductive rights in the United States. Contributors include scholars from fields as diverse as anthropology, communications, political science, sociology, and philosophy.

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Information

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection

Year

2016

ISBN

9781512807561

Topic

Ciencias sociales

Subtopic

Antropología

Contents
Introduction: The Fetal Imperative
Part I. Conceiving the Fetus: History and Overview
Chapter One. The Fetus on the "Farther Shore"
Chapter Two. The Emergence of the Fetus
Chapter Three. Materializing the Fetal Body
Chapter Four. Dead Embryos
Chapter Five. Fathers, Mothers, and Fetal Harm
Part II: Manipulating the Fetal Image
Chapter Six. Operation to the Rescue
Chapter Seven. Fetal Galaxies
Chapter Eight. The Traffic in Fetuses
Chapter Nine. Minority Unborn
Chapter Ten. Irish Trans/national Politics and Locating Fetuses
Part III: Of Women and Fetuses
Chapter Eleven. "Womb with a View"
Chapter Twelve. The Fetal Monster
Chapter Thirteen “I Remember the Day I Shopped for Your Layette”
Chapter Fourteen. Fetal Reflections
Epilogue: Reflections on Abortion Politics and the Practices Called Person
Bibliography
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Index