Body/Politics: Women and the Discourses of Science

1. In parenthesis : immaculate conceptions and feminine desire / Mary Jacobus -- 2. Speaking of the body : mid-Victorian constructions of female desire / Mary Poovey -- 3. Female circulation : medical discourse and popular advertising in the mid-Victorian era / Sally Shuttleworth -- 4. Science and women's bodies : forms of anthropological knowledge / Emily Martin -- 5. Reading the slender body / Susan Bordo -- 6. Feminism, medicine, and the meaning of childbirth / Paula A. Treichler -- 7. Investment strategies for the evolving portfolio of primate females / Donna Haraway -- 8. Technophilia : technology, representation, and the feminine / Mary Ann Doane -- 9. From secrets of life to secrets of death / Evelyn Fox Keller.

Introduction / Mary Jacobus, Evelyn Fox Keller, Sally Shuttleworth -- In parenthesis : immaculate conceptions and feminine desire / Mary Jacobus -- Speaking of the body : mid-Victorian constructions of female desire / Mary Poovey -- Female circulation : medical discourse and popular advertising in the mid-Victorian era / Sally Shuttleworth -- Science and women's bodies : forms of anthropological knowledge / Emily Martin -- Reading the slender body / Susan Bordo -- Feminism, medicine, and the meaning of childbirth / Paula A. Treichler -- Investment strategies for the evolving portfolio of primate females / Donna Haraway -- Technophilia : technology, representation, and the feminine / Mary Ann Doane -- From secrets of life to secrets of death / Evelyn Fox Keller