‘Never such innocence again’: Irony, nature and technoscience in narratives of pregnancy loss

Anthropology of Pregnancy Loss: Comparative Studies in Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neo-natal Death

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 131-152

  Layne, Linda L ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 85091544816     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781003135722-10     Document Type: Chapter

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