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Ourselves Unborn - A History of the Fetus in Modern America (Hardcover)
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Ourselves Unborn - A History of the Fetus in Modern America (Hardcover)
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During the past several decades, the fetus has been diversely
represented in political debates, medical textbooks and journals,
personal memoirs and autobiographies, museum exhibits and mass
media, and civil and criminal law. Ourselves Unborn argues that the
meanings people attribute to the fetus are not based simply on
biological fact or theological truth, but are in fact strongly
influenced by competing definitions of personhood and identity,
beliefs about knowledge and authority, and assumptions about gender
roles and sexuality. In addition, these meanings can be shaped by
dramatic historical change: over the course of the twentieth
century, medical and technological changes made fetal development
more comprehensible, while political and social changes made the
fetus a subject of public controversy. Moreover, since the late
nineteenth century, questions about how fetal life develops and
should be valued have frequently intersected with debates about the
authority of science and religion, and the relationship between the
individual and society. In examining the contested history of fetal
meanings, Sara Dubow brings a fresh perspective to these vital
debates.
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