how feminism travels across borders
Author: Kathy Davis
ISBN: 9780822340669
The book Our Bodies, Ourselves is a feminist success story. Selling more than four million copies since its debut in 1970, it has challenged medical dogmas about women’s bodies and sexuality, shaped health care policies, energized the reproductive rights movement, and stimulated medical research on women’s health. The book has influenced how generations of U.S. women feel about their bodies and health. Our Bodies, Ourselves has also had a whole life outside the United States. It has been taken up, translated, and adapted by women across the globe, inspiring more than thirty foreign language editions.Kathy Davis tells the story of this remarkable book’s global circulation. Based on interviews with members of the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, the group of women who created Our Bodies, Ourselves, as well as responses to the book from readers, and discussions with translators from Latin America, Egypt, Thailand, China, Eastern Europe, Francophone Africa, and many other cou
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publish Date: 2007-08-13
Subjects: Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Women's Studies, Literary Criticism / Books & Reading, Social Science / Sociology / General, Psychology / General, Health & Fitness / Women's Health, Social Science / General
This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Women's Studies)