{"product_id":"9782802745372","title":"The Female Body : A journey through Law, Culture and Medicine","description":"\u003cp\u003eObject of fascination and fantasy, the female body can be idealized,  reified or shrouded. “It is we who make women what they are worth and  that is why they are worthless”, proclaimed Mirabeau in the days of the  Enlightenment, to which Aragon later replied: “Woman is the future of  Man”. The ambiguities of the female body are therein exposed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis  work examines the relationship between the female body and biomedicine.  Many possibilities are offered to women through biomedical techniques:  from assistance to procreate (with assisted reproduction) to refusal to  do so (contraception, voluntary sterilization, termination of  pregnancy); to be informed of genetic predispositions (through the use  of available genetic tests); or to improve their physical appearance  with cosmetic surgery. But a recurrent question arises: with its rapid  progress and its extreme medicalization of the body, can biomedicine  liberate women? Or rather, given the risks of the commodification of the  body or its parts, is it not a source of exploitation ?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe  authors of this work, jurists, anthropologists, philosophers,  sociologists and doctors, have explored these questions. The  contributions from nineteen countries in this international  multidisciplinary study analyse the reality of the amazing developments  of biomedicine on the female body. Numerous systems are compared for the  first time; European, African, North and South American, but also  Chinese and Japanese. Beyond highlighting differences, and identifying  similarities in the development of “enhancement medicine”, the objective  of this work is ultimately to show the complexity surrounding the  question of a woman’s freedom over her body and the extent to which this  is limited by the State.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bruylant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180872941808,"sku":"9782802745372","price":57.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9782802745372_p0.jpg?v=1763702018","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9782802745372","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}