Reconstructing Babylon. Essays On Women And Technology

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publisher Place: Bloomington
Publisher Year: 1991
Edition: First Edition

Description: 206 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: This anthology offers a feminist critique of technology, including environmental destruction and reproductive technology. Lead contamination : a case of "protectionism" and the neglect of women / H. Patricia HynesLesotho and Nepal : the failure of Western "family planning" / Nellie KannoHow the new reproductive technologies will affect women / Gena CoreaOf eggs, embryos, and altruism / Janice G. RaymondWho may have children and who may not / Gena CoreaIn the matter of Baby M : judged and rejudged / Janice G. RaymondThe international traffic in women : women used in systems of surrogacy and reproduction / Janice G. RaymondBiotechnology in agriculture and reproduction : the parallels in public policy / H. Patricia HynesIndustrial experimentation on "surrogate" mothers / Gena CoreaTestimony before the House Judiciary Committee, State of Michigan / Janice G. RaymondJunk Liberty / Gena CoreaDepo-Provera and the politics of knowledge / Gena CoreaMaud Matthews and the Philisiwe Clinic / H. Patricia Hynes

ISBN: 9780253206220