Fetal Positions: Individualism, Science, Visuality

by Karen Newman

Book Overview

This book uses 103 illustrations from the 16th century onward and the history of obstetrical and embryological knowledge to argue that modes of visualizing science have profoundly determined "fetal politics" and the contemporary abortion debates.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804726485
• ISBN13: 9780804726481
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.1"