Bodies of Knowledge
Sexuality, Reproduction, and Women’s Health in the Second Wave
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Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Body Knowledge
1 Transforming Knowledge: The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves
2 Reexamining the Pelvic: The Pelvic Instruction Controversy of the 1970s
3 Learning from the Uterus Out: Abortion and Women’s Health Activism in Chicago
4 Bodies of Evidence: Depo-Provera and the Public Board of Inquiry
5 Choices in Childbirth: A Modern Midwife’s Tale
Epilogue: Daughters of Feminism
Notes
Index
“Bodies of Knowledge is one of the most compelling accounts of the history of women’s health and feminist activism that I’ve read to date. Kline presents us with five lively and impressively articulate case studies, each of which chronicles through a specific issue or problem feminists’ attempts to own and redefine the management of women’s bodies in health and sickness. These chapters, written in wonderfully lucid prose, underscore thoughtful overarching themes. Kline’s sharply cogent synthesis offers fresh narrative, engaging stories, and well-researched analysis, while also bringing new material to light.”
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