Barbara Katz Rothman is a professor of sociology at the City University of New York.
Preface and Acknowledgments to the 2000 Edition
xi
Acknowledgments to the First Edition
xiii
Part I
Introduction
3
(12)
On Family
3
(6)
Mothering in America
9
(4)
Three Ideologies
13
(2)
Motherhood under Patriarchy
15
(12)
The Seeds of Women
19
(1)
The Genetic Tie
20
(3)
Patriarchal Ideology and New Procreative Technology
23
(4)
Motherhood in a Technological Society
27
(12)
The Mechanical Mother
32
(2)
Technological Society and Liberal Philosophy
34
(5)
Motherhood under Capitalism
39
(14)
The Owned Body
41
(4)
A Child of One's Own
45
(8)
Part II
Introduction
53
(4)
An Alternative Vision
53
(4)
Pregnancy as a Relationship
57
(11)
The Physical Relationship
58
(4)
The Social Relationship
62
(6)
Redefining Abortion
68
(13)
The History of Abortion
70
(4)
Constructing the Fetus
74
(1)
The Medicalization of Abortion
75
(4)
Reconstructing Abortion
79
(2)
The Give and Take of Adoption
81
(12)
Solving Problems with Problems
86
(3)
Orphans Real and Imaginary
89
(4)
Infertility
93
(9)
Infertility as Disability
95
(7)
Medicalizing Motherhood
102
(6)
Fetal Power
108
(8)
Midwifery as Feminist Praxis
116
(11)
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
122
(5)
Baby Doe: The Relationship Continues
127
(8)
In Defense of Mothers: A Rebuttal
129
(6)
Child Care
135
(10)
The Managerial Mother
136
(2)
Motherworker
138
(5)
Mid-revolutionary Mores
143
(2)
Fatherhood
145
(13)
What the Problem Is Not
145
(2)
The Capacity to Nurture
147
(7)
Fathering as a Relationship
154
(4)
On ``Surrogacy''
158
(15)
A Question of Policy
158
(10)
A Question of Values
168
(5)
Reflections on a Decade
173
(20)
The Best Money Can Buy
174
(4)
A Note on the Intersection of Infertility and Genetic Research
178
(2)
Selling Choice in Procreation
180
(3)
Gender, Race, and Class: Situating Procreative Choice
183
(4)
Beyond Choice
187
(3)
Converging Streams
190
(3)
Recreating Motherhood: Toward Feminist Social Policy
193
(14)
New Technologies in Old Bottles
197
(3)
Constructing Feminist Social Policy Regarding Motherhood
200
(5)
A Last Word to the New Edition
205
(2)
Notes
207
(12)
Index
219
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