Bodies of knowledge : the medicalization of reproduction in Greece
By: Eugenia Georges.
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780826515988; 9780826515995
Subjects: Human reproduction -- Greece -- Rhodes (Island) -- History -- 20th century; Childbirth -- Greece -- Rhodes (Island) -- History -- 20th century; Birth control -- Greece -- Rhodes (Island) -- History -- 20th century; Women -- Health and hygiene -- Greece -- Rhodes (Island) -- History -- 20th century; Ethnology -- Greece -- Rhodes (Island) -- History -- 20th century; Reproductive Behavior -- history -- Greece; Anthropology, Cultural -- methods -- Greece; Family Planning Policy -- history -- Greece; History, 20th Century -- Greece; Social Conditions -- Greece; Women's Health -- history -- Greece
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Transnational Rhodes; title: Menstruation, procreation, and abortion in prewar Rhodes; title: Pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care in prewar Rhodes; title: Medicalization and modernity : new reproductive technologies, new maternal bodies; title: Living with contradictions : contraception and abortion and the contemporary Greek family; title: Global and local bodies of knowledge.