Get it out : on the politics of hysterectomy / Andrâea Becker.

By:

Becker, Andrâea (Professor of sociology) [author]

Series: Health, society, and inequality seriesPublisher: New York : New York University Press, 2025Description: 193 pages cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781479826599

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Genre/Form:

Print books.

Additional physical formats: Get it outLOC classification:

RG391 .B43 2025

Contents:

Introduction: "Not Your Mother's Hysterectomy -- How Hysterectomy's History Shapes Its Present -- Why Would Someone Want a Hysterectomy? -- Who Can "Choose" Hysterectomy? -- How Do People Feel About Hysterectomy? -- Navigating Access to Hysterectomy -- Conclusion: Imagining a World Where Hysterectomy is Choosable.

Summary: "Get It Out explores what it means to have a hysterectomy in a culture that devalues the uterus and the people who have them. Using a trans-inclusive, reproductive justice approach, this book explores how all reproductive choices at their core are unchoosable, as they are constrained by interlocking systems of inequality"-- Provided by publisher.

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BOOKS

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Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Alfaisal University On Shelf	Alfaisal University On Shelf	RG391 .B43 2025 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	AU00000000021115

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Get It Out explores what it means to have a hysterectomy in a culture that devalues the uterus and the people who have them. Using a trans-inclusive, reproductive justice approach, this book explores how all reproductive choices at their core are unchoosable, as they are constrained by interlocking systems of inequality"-- Provided by publisher.