PREGNANCY, RISK, AND BIOPOLITICS: ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE LIVING SUBJECT

"In Pregnancy, Risk and Biopolitics Lorna Weir argues that the displacement of birth as the threshold of the living subject occurred in the 1950s with the novel concept of "perinatal mortality" referring to death of either the fetus or the newborn just prior to, during and after birth." "Pregnancy, Risk and Biopolitics calls attention to the significance of population politics, especially the reduction of infant mortality, for the unsettling of birth as the entry to human status." "This book is an accessible study of biopolitics which is of interest to students and researchers in anthropology, health studies, history, legal studies, science studies, sociology, and women's studies."--Jacket.