The Fetus as Intruder: Mother’s Bodies and Medical Metaphors

Cyborg Babies: From Techno-Sex to Techno-Tots

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 125-142

  Martin, Emily ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203948729-12     Document Type: Chapter

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