About this title: Traditionally, EuroAmerican cultures have considered that human status was conferred at the conclusion to childbirth. However, in contemporary EuroAmerican biomedicine, law and politics, the living subject is often claimed to pre-exist birth. In this fascinating book, Lorna Weir argues that the displacement of birth as the threshold of the living subject began in the 1950s with the novel concept of 'perinatal mortality' referring to death of either the foetus or the newborn just prior to, during or after birth. Weir's book gives a new feminist approach to pregnancy in advanced modernity ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis(Routledge)
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780415392570ISBN:0415392578
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.213 by 6.142 inches. Calling attention to the significance of population politics for the unsettling of the birth threshold, weir argues that risk techniques are heterogeneous, contested with expertise, and plural in their political effects. traditionally, euroamerican cultures have considered that human status was conferred at the conclusion to childbirth. however, in contemporary euroamerican biomedicine, law and politics, the living subject is often claimed to pre ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2006-09-15
ISBN-13:9780415392587ISBN:0415392586
Description: Like New. As Pictured. Book in Like New Condition. Tight binding. No marks or creases throughout. All Pages Clean and Unmarked. Fast and Careful Shipping with delivery confirmation number. Fast and Careful Shipping with USPS Tracking Information. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis(Routledge)
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780415392587ISBN:0415392586
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9.213 by 6.142 inches. Calling attention to the significance of population politics for the unsettling of the birth threshold, weir argues that risk techniques are heterogeneous, contested with expertise, and plural in their political effects. traditionally, euroamerican cultures have considered that human status was conferred at the conclusion to childbirth. however, in contemporary euroamerican biomedicine, law and politics, the living subject is often claimed to pre-exist ... read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780415392587ISBN:0415392586
Description: BRAND NEW HARDCOVER. 9.36 by 6 inches. [allow 1-2 weeks transit to europe]. (00241 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardcover ) read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using International Priority Airmail. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Heavier and more expensive items have tracking number. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). Calling attention to the significance of population politics for the unsettling of the birth threshold, Weir argues that risk techniques are heterogeneous, contested with expertise, and plural in their political ... read more
Description: Good. 0415392578 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using International Priority Airmail. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Heavier and more expensive items have tracking number. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). Calling attention to the significance of population politics for the unsettling of the birth threshold, Weir argues that risk techniques are heterogeneous, contested with expertise, and plural in their political ... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE CHAPMAN HALL
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780415392587ISBN:0415392586
Description: New. Traditionally, Euroamerican cultures have considered that human status was conferred at the conclusion to childbirth. However, in contemporary Euroamerican biomedicine, law and politics, the living subject is often claimed to pre-exist birth. In this... read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using International Priority Airmail. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Heavier and more expensive items have tracking number. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). Calling attention to the significance of population politics for the unsettling of the birth threshold, Weir argues that risk techniques are heterogeneous, contested with expertise, and plural in their political ... read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using International Priority Airmail. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Heavier and more expensive items have tracking number. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). Calling attention to the significance of population politics for the unsettling of the birth threshold, Weir argues that risk techniques are heterogeneous, contested with expertise, and plural in their political ... read more
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