ultrasound and the politics of fetal subjects
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Mitchell, Lisa M.
- Publish Year
- 2001
- Shelfmark
- B2316 - B
- Thesaurus
- zwangerschappen, medische ingrepen, reproductieve rechten, technologie, Canada
- Description
- Anthropological observations at ultrasound clinics, interviews with pregnant women and their partners, and a discussion about the growing meaning of the prenatal ultrasound. Mitchell traces how experiences of fetal ultrasound become normalized and routinized as part of obstetrical care. Primarily, her intention is to theorize how the fetus becomes a subject, and she concludes that technology has allowed us to ‘experience the fetus’.