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Reconstructing Motherhood and Disability in the Age of "Perfect" Babies - Softcover

Landsman, Gail

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9780415917896: Reconstructing Motherhood and Disability in the Age of "Perfect" Babies
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ISBN 10: 0415917891 ISBN 13: 9780415917896
Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Gail Heidi Landsman (Ph.D., Catholic University) is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Albany, SUNY, where she teaches courses in gender, reproduction, and disability. She is the author of numerous book chapters, articles in peer-reviewed journals, and a previous book Sovereignty and Symbol. She is also the mother of three children, one of whom has cerebral palsy.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415917891
ISBN 13 
9780415917896
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
288
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