Reconstructing Motherhood and Disability in the Age of "Perfect" Babies
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Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-91789-6
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 08/20/2008
- Pages: 288
- Trim Size: 6 x 9
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About the Book
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.Customers who bought Reconstructing Motherhood and Disability in the Age of "Perfect" Babies also bought:
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