RU 486: Misconceptions, Myths and Morals Renate Klein Spinifex 1991 From Spinifex: An award-winner when first published, this book has become a classic text for health activists and feminists interested in the complexities of how drugs are developed, marketed and sold to women around the world. In this book the authors review the unusual history…
Category: Motherhood
Angels of Power and OtherReproductive Creations Susan Hawthorne andRenate Klein Spinifex 1991 From Spinifex: In the tradition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, these writers rework images of the body. Imagination, vision and a sense of the absurd come together and demonstrate that women can resist the power of god-like scientists who long to create monsters and…
Test Tube Women: What Future for Motherhood? Rita Arditti, Renate Klein and Shelley Minden Pandora 1984 This anthology is the first feminist collection of articles about both old and new reproductive technologies. It significantly influences feminist thought and action concerning these technologies. One of the goals of the book is to help us decide whether…
Of Woman Born: Motherhoodas Experience and Institution Adrienne Rich WW Norton & Company 1976 “In order for all women to have real choices all along the line,” Adrienne Rich writes, “we need fully to understand the power and powerlessness embodied in motherhood in patriarchal culture.” Rich’s investigation, in this influential and landmark book, concerns both…