Bodies of knowledge : the medicalization of reproduction in Greece / Eugenia Georges.

  • Georges, Eugenia.
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[2008], ©2008
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Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2008], ©2008.

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xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-314) and index.

Contents

Transnational Rhodes -- Menstruation, procreation, and abortion in prewar Rhodes -- Pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care in prewar Rhodes -- Medicalization and modernity : new reproductive technologies, new maternal bodies -- Living with contradictions : contraception and abortion and the contemporary Greek family -- Global and local bodies of knowledge.

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    History of Medicine
    DC.328
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  • 9780826515988
  • 0826515983
  • 9780826515995
  • 0826515991