Reconstructing Motherhood and Disability in the Age of Perfect Babies

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Reconstructing Motherhood and Disability in the Age of Perfect Babies
Reconstructing Motherhood and Disability in the Age of Perfect Babies
Author : Gail Landsman
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Publisher : Routledge
Language : English
Release Date : 18 August 2008
ISBN : 9781135963774
Pages : 288 pages
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Reconstructing Motherhood and Disability in the Age of Perfect Babies by Gail Landsman Book PDF Summary

Examining mothers of newly diagnosed disabled children within the context of new reproductive technologies and the discourse of choice, this book uses anthropology and disability studies to revise the concept of "normal" and to establish a social environment in which the expression of full lives will prevail.

Reconstructing Motherhood and Disability in the Age of Perfect Babies

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