Reconstructing Motherhood and Disability in the Age of Perfect Babies

By: Gail Landsman

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Hardcover | 15 August 2008 | Edition Number 1

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290 Pages

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This is a book about transformation, about the meanings mothers of "imperfect" children give to motherhood and disability in an age in which infants are commodified and new technologies hold out the promise of "perfect" babies. In an era in which specific traits of babies increasingly appear to Westerners in terms of choice, how do mothers of infants and toddlers with disabilities - the children few would actively choose - make sense of their motherhood? The book is based on anthropological field research at a site at which children were evaluated by physicians, and on in-depth interviews with mothers who received "bad news." An ideal short book for teaching courses in anthropology, sociology, disability studies, and women's studies. Book jacket.

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"I think the audience for this book would be very wide from interested lay persons to medical anthropologists/sociologists. Also this is an important topic for medical professionals and public health scholars. It does offer a critical perspective as well - which does not dominate the book - but is very important for many scholars. I also think it is highly readable and would be of interest to students - upper level undergraduates to graduate students (for example I would use this book in my Medical anthropology course - 300 level)." Michael J. Oldani, Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater

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