The Construction of a Consumable Body
In this essay, I analyze various ways in which pregnant bodies are rendered consumable. Tracing our preoccupation with pregnancy diets, I argue that a pregnant woman is made responsible for producing a consumable body. Indeed, producing and maintaining a consumable, fetus-friendly body is a respons...
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Language: | English |
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University of Western Ontario
2019-03-01
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Series: | Feminist Philosophy Quarterly |
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Online Access: | https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fpq/article/view/7311 |