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The Making of the Unborn Patient: A Social Anatomy of Fetal Surgery Paperback – June 1 1998

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  2. Language
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    Rutgers University Press
  4. Publication date
    June 1 1998
  5. Dimensions
    15.24 x 2.03 x 22.86 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0813525160
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    978-0813525167
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In a multi-site analysis that takes the reader from place to place (from the laboratories, to hospitals, to media discourses, etc.) where the story of fetal surgery unfolds, the book's chapters lay out a well-ordered and well-documented series of arguments....The central argument of the book is that the making of fetal surgery has, simultaneously, built on and contributed to the making of the fetus, as both patient and person. Furthermore, fetal patient-and personhood has been based on the assumption of a conflict of interests between mother and fetus. As Casper convincingly argues, this assumption is a cultural artifact, not a natural fact...The book should be of major interest to activists in the women's health movement. ― Medical Anthropology Quarterly

An exemplary study of an astonishing and controversial medical specialty, The Making of the Unborn Patient is, at the same time, a lucid commentary on health-care politics, women's rights, and the very nature of personhood. By skillfully interweaving analyses from sociology, science studies, and feminist studies, Casper shows how women's bodies and choices may be "erased" by medical heroics. From the spectacle of the operating theater to the larger social dramas of our times, this is a captivating narrative grounded in careful ethnographic research, resistant to easy answers, and infused with moral concerns. -- Steven Epstein ― author of Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge

Fascinating! Casper's work on fetal surgery is cutting-edge scholarship. The author uses the methods of qualitative, grounded sociology in the service of science studies and women's studies to produce a compelling, well-researched analysis of the history and social practices through which fetal surgery is currently emerging. In doing so, she provides substantial food for political thought. -- Rayna Rapp ― professor of anthropology, New School for Social Research and co-editor of Conce

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MONICA J. CASPER is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is also affiliated with the Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics. The work upon which this book is based won the 1996 dissertation award from the American Sociological Association's Medical Sociology Section. 

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rutgers University Press (June 1 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0813525160
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0813525167
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 454 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 2.03 x 22.86 cm
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Monica J. Casper, Ph.D. is Dean of the College of Arts and Letters and Professor of Sociology at San Diego State University. She is also Professor Emeritus of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Arizona, where she co-founded the UA Consortium on Gender-Based Violence. She has published several books, including the award-winning The Making of the Unborn Patient: A Social Anatomy of Fetal Surgery; The Body: Social and Cultural Dissections; and Critical Trauma Studies: Understanding Violence, Conflict, and Memory in Everyday Life. She is founding co-editor of the successful NYU Press book series “Biopolitics: Medicine, Technoscience, and Health in the 21st Century” and founding co-editor of the UA Press Book Series, “The Feminist Wire Books: Connecting Feminisms, Race, and Social Justice.” More information can be found at www.monicajcasper.com.

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