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Imagining reproduction: the politics of reproduction, technology and the woman machine.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20012344     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Scholars widely assume that the term generation, is preferable to reproduction in the context of early modern history, based on the premise that reproduction to mean procreation was not in use until the end of the eighteenth century. This shift in usage presumably corresponds to the rise of mechanistic philosophy; feminist scholarship, particularly that deriving from the hostile critique fashionable in the 1980s has claimed reproduction is associated with medical practitioners' perceptions of women as baby-producing machines. However, this interpretation, whether in the interests of gender politics or reiterated in more sympathetic histories, misrepresents the historical record.
Authors:
Allison Muri
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of medical humanities     Volume:  31     ISSN:  1573-3645     ISO Abbreviation:  J Med Humanit     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-18     Completed Date:  2010-06-10     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8917478     Medline TA:  J Med Humanit     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  53-67     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of English, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada. allison.muri@usask.ca
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Female
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Humans
Male
Medical Illustration / history*
Midwifery / history
Politics
Reproduction*
Women's Health / history*
Women's Rights / history*

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