The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves - 9780822340454

The Making of Our Bodies, OurselvesHow Feminism Travels Across Borders\nAuthor(s): Kathy Davis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822340454, 978-0822340454\nSynopsis\nThe 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 womens bodies and sexuality, shaped health care policies, energized the reproductive rights movement, and stimulated medical research on womens health. The book has influenced how generations of [url] 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 [url] Davis tells the story of this remarkable books global circulation. Based on interviews with members of the Boston Womens Health Book Collective, the g.