num_pages: 296
description: "A bold reappraisal of science and society, The Woman in the Body explores the different ways that women's reproductive processes are seen in American culture. Contrasting the views of medical science with those of ordinary women from diverse social and economic backgrounds, anthropologist Emily Martin presents unique field work on American culture and uncovers the metaphors of economy and alienation that pervade women's imaging of themselves and their bodies."
language: English
title: Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction
titlecomplete: Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction
genres: Anthropology, Theory, Gender, Academic, Science, Nonfiction, Womens, Feminism, Womens Studies, Sociology
ratings_count: 402
publisher: Beacon Press