Emily Martin is professor of anthropology at Princeton University and author of Flexible Bodies- Tracking Immunity in American Culture from the Days of Polio to the Age of AIDS.
Spectacular. There is no better study of the power of metaphor in
modern medicine. --Thomas W. Laqueur, author of Making Sex
"One of the greatest strengths of this fascinating book is Martin's
careful analysis of how medical language about women's bodies
reveals cultural assumptions about women and their life's purpose.
. . . Highly recommended." --Judith Walzer Leavitt, Bullentin of
the History of Medicine
"An important contribution. . . . In challenging the status of both
bio-medical 'facts' and popular assumptions about women this book
will stimulate scholars and students of gender, medicine, and
American culture." --American Ethnologist
"Provocative. . . . Martin's conclusions are ground-breaking."
--Julia Epstein, The Women's Review of Books
Spectacular. There is no better study of the power of metaphor in
modern medicine. --Thomas W. Laqueur, author of Making
Sex
"One of the greatest strengths of this fascinating book is Martin's
careful analysis of how medical language about women's bodies
reveals cultural assumptions about women and their life's purpose.
. . . Highly recommended." --Judith Walzer Leavitt, Bullentin of
the History of Medicine
"An important contribution. . . . In challenging the status of both
bio-medical 'facts' and popular assumptions about women this book
will stimulate scholars and students of gender, medicine, and
American culture." --American Ethnologist
"Provocative. . . . Martin's conclusions are ground-breaking."
--Julia Epstein, The Women's Review of Books
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