DES Daughters, Embodied Knowledge, and the Transformation of Women's Health Politics in the Late Twentieth Century by Susan E. Bell
How a health disaster helped give rise to the feminist health care movement
DES Daughters, Embodied Knowledge, and the Transformation of Women's Health Politics in the Late Twentieth Century
DES Daughters, Embodied Knowledge, and the Transformation of Women's Health Politics in the Late Twentieth Century
Summary
From the 1940s to the 1970s, millions of women were exposed prenatally to the synthetic estrogen DES, a 'wonder drug' intended to prevent miscarriages. However, DES actually had damaging consequences for the women born from DES mothers. This title recounts the experiences of this generation of 'victims'.
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DES Daughters, Embodied Knowledge, and the Transformation of Women's Health Politics in the Late Twentieth Century Reviews
DES Daughters is a pleasure to read. In addition to Bell's sensitivity and intelligence, she brings the reader close to the people she writes about-we get to know the women in the book and their stories come across very lively and sympathetically.-Phil Brown, Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies, Brown University
About Susan E. Bell
Susan E. Bell is the A. Myrick Freeman Professor of Social Sciences at Bowdoin College.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Connecting Lives, Texts, and Social Change
1. A History of DES
2. Narratives and Lives: The Politics of Knowing for DES Daughters
3. Becoming a Mother after DES
4. Remapping DES Bodies
5. Power, Knowledge, and DES
6. Healthy Baby Girls
Conclusion: Performing DES , Embodying a Health Movement
Notes
References
Index
Additional information
CIN1592139191G
9781592139194
1592139191
DES Daughters, Embodied Knowledge, and the Transformation of Women's Health Politics in the Late Twentieth Century by Susan E. Bell
Used - Good
Paperback
Temple University Press,U.S.
20090828
232
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