 | Reconstructing Motherhood and Disability in the Age of Perfect Babies Subjects: Area Studies; Global Development; Health and Social Care; Development Studies Environment Social Work Urban Studies; Social Sciences; Gender Studies; Gender & Development; Anthropology; Social Work; Sociology; Gender Studies - Soc Sci; Health & Society; Midwifery; Social Work and Social Policy; Anthropology - Soc Sci; Sociology & Social Policy; Sociology of Health and Illness; Normal Birth; Social Work Policy; Childhood - Anthropology; Ethnography & Methodology; Health & Medical Anthropology; Social & Cultural Anthropology; The Body; Disability Studies - Sociology; Sociology of the Family; Gender Studies; Medical Sociology; Sociology of Culture; Sociology of Science & Technology; Examining mothers of newly diagnosed disabled children within the context of new reproductive technologies and the discourse of choice, this book uses anthropology and disability studies to revise the concept of "normal" and to establish a social environment in which the expression of full lives will prevail. Gail Heidi Landsman (Ph.D., Catholic University) is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Albany, SUNY, where she teaches courses in gender, reproduction, and disability. She is the author of numerous book chapters, articles in peer-reviewed journals, and a previous book Sovereignty and Symbol. She is also the mother of three children, one of whom has cerebral palsy. |
