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Reconstructing Babylon: Essays on Women and Technology

Janice G. Raymond

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This anthology offers a feminist critique of technology, including environmental destruction and reproductive technology.

Contents:
Lead contamination : a case of "protectionism" and the neglect of women / H. Patricia Hynes
Lesotho and Nepal : the failure of Western "family planning" / Nellie Kanno
How the new reproductive technologies will affect women / Gena Corea
Of eggs, embryos, and altruism / Janice G. Raymond
Who may have children and who may not / Gena Corea
In the matter of Baby M : judged and rejudged / Janice G. Raymond
The international traffic in women : women used in systems of surrogacy and reproduction / Janice G. Raymond
Biotechnology in agriculture and reproduction : the parallels in public policy / H. Patricia Hynes
Industrial experimentation on "surrogate" mothers / Gena Corea
Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, State of Michigan / Janice G. Raymond
Junk Liberty / Gena Corea
Depo-Provera and the politics of knowledge / Gena Corea
Maud Matthews and the Philisiwe Clinic / H. Patricia Hynes

Language: English

Pages: 206

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Release: May 11, 1990

ISBN: 0253328810

ISBN 13: 9780253328816

Reconstructing Babylon: Essays on Women and Technology

Janice G. Raymond

4/5 ( ratings)

This anthology offers a feminist critique of technology, including environmental destruction and reproductive technology.

Contents:
Lead contamination : a case of "protectionism" and the neglect of women / H. Patricia Hynes
Lesotho and Nepal : the failure of Western "family planning" / Nellie Kanno
How the new reproductive technologies will affect women / Gena Corea
Of eggs, embryos, and altruism / Janice G. Raymond
Who may have children and who may not / Gena Corea
In the matter of Baby M : judged and rejudged / Janice G. Raymond
The international traffic in women : women used in systems of surrogacy and reproduction / Janice G. Raymond
Biotechnology in agriculture and reproduction : the parallels in public policy / H. Patricia Hynes
Industrial experimentation on "surrogate" mothers / Gena Corea
Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, State of Michigan / Janice G. Raymond
Junk Liberty / Gena Corea
Depo-Provera and the politics of knowledge / Gena Corea
Maud Matthews and the Philisiwe Clinic / H. Patricia Hynes

Language: English

Pages: 206

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Release: May 11, 1990

ISBN: 0253328810

ISBN 13: 9780253328816

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