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Chapter One. The Fetus on the "Farther Shore"

Toward a History of the Unborn
© 2016 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

© 2016 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Introduction: The Fetal Imperative 1
  4. Part I. Conceiving the Fetus: History and Overview
  5. Chapter One. The Fetus on the "Farther Shore" 11
  6. Chapter Two. The Emergence of the Fetus 26
  7. Chapter Three. Materializing the Fetal Body 43
  8. Chapter Four. Dead Embryos 61
  9. Chapter Five. Fathers, Mothers, and Fetal Harm 83
  10. Part II: Manipulating the Fetal Image
  11. Chapter Six. Operation to the Rescue 99
  12. Chapter Seven. Fetal Galaxies 113
  13. Chapter Eight. The Traffic in Fetuses 133
  14. Chapter Nine. Minority Unborn 159
  15. Chapter Ten. Irish Trans/national Politics and Locating Fetuses 175
  16. Part III: Of Women and Fetuses
  17. Chapter Eleven. "Womb with a View" 199
  18. Chapter Twelve. The Fetal Monster 236
  19. Chapter Thirteen “I Remember the Day I Shopped for Your Layette” 251
  20. Chapter Fourteen. Fetal Reflections 279
  21. Epilogue: Reflections on Abortion Politics and the Practices Called Person 296
  22. Bibliography 305
  23. Contributors 331
  24. Acknowledgments 333
  25. Index 335
Fetal Subjects, Feminist Positions
This chapter is in the book Fetal Subjects, Feminist Positions
https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512807561-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Introduction: The Fetal Imperative 1
  4. Part I. Conceiving the Fetus: History and Overview
  5. Chapter One. The Fetus on the "Farther Shore" 11
  6. Chapter Two. The Emergence of the Fetus 26
  7. Chapter Three. Materializing the Fetal Body 43
  8. Chapter Four. Dead Embryos 61
  9. Chapter Five. Fathers, Mothers, and Fetal Harm 83
  10. Part II: Manipulating the Fetal Image
  11. Chapter Six. Operation to the Rescue 99
  12. Chapter Seven. Fetal Galaxies 113
  13. Chapter Eight. The Traffic in Fetuses 133
  14. Chapter Nine. Minority Unborn 159
  15. Chapter Ten. Irish Trans/national Politics and Locating Fetuses 175
  16. Part III: Of Women and Fetuses
  17. Chapter Eleven. "Womb with a View" 199
  18. Chapter Twelve. The Fetal Monster 236
  19. Chapter Thirteen “I Remember the Day I Shopped for Your Layette” 251
  20. Chapter Fourteen. Fetal Reflections 279
  21. Epilogue: Reflections on Abortion Politics and the Practices Called Person 296
  22. Bibliography 305
  23. Contributors 331
  24. Acknowledgments 333
  25. Index 335
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