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Bodies of knowledge : the medicalization of reproduction in Greece / Eugenia Georges.
- Georges, Eugenia.
- Date
- [2008], ©2008
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2008], ©2008.
Physical description
xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contributors
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.
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineDC.328Open shelves
Permanent link
Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780826515988
- 0826515983
- 9780826515995
- 0826515991