{"product_id":"sign-of-pathology-9780271065564","title":"Sign of Pathology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamines the medical discourse on abortion in the United States from the 1800s to the 1960s. Demonstrates that abortion was seen as a sign of social pathology indicating undoing of civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eSign of Pathology\u003c\/i\u003e, Nathan Stormer provides an original genealogical reading of the U.S. medical profession’s public discourses about abortion in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Anyone who appreciates Foucauldian perspectives should find admirable Stormer’s precisely developed argument that these medical discourses ‘made the chaotic material conditions of abortion’s morbidity rhetorically capacious for biopolitics.’”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Celeste M. Condit,University of Georgia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nathan Stormer has written a stunning book, beautifully illustrating how rhetorical struggles over and through abortion have long been about situating ourselves—and pregnant women—in time and place. Civilization is recursive to the maternal body, with abortion positioned as a sign of collective disorder. It is precisely because abortion is a \u003ci\u003emedicalized\u003c\/i\u003e national metric that the issue is so intractable. Defined through biopolitics, abortion is perceived as a collective, irreparable wound, and ongoing political struggles reliant on familiar frameworks only deepen this intractability. Stormer’s elegant genealogy, both diagnostic and gently prognostic, has the capacity to shift how we see human reproduction and our place in it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Monica J. Casper,University of Arizona\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If your primary scholarship is in abortion rhetorics or historic American medical rhetorics, then this text is an indispensable and invaluable contribution to your area. Similarly, for those interested in rhetorical genealogy and\/or rhetorical historiography, broadly conceived, \u003ci\u003eSigns of Pathology\u003c\/i\u003e is an exemplar text in the genre.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—S. Scott Graham \u003ci\u003eRhetoric \u0026amp; Public Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Struggling Through Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. When Abortion Became a Political-Economic Problem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Remembering, Forgetting, and the Secrets of Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. “White Man’s Plague”: Anti-Malthusian Memory Work at the Fin de Siècle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. “More Wisdom in Living”: Neo-Malthusian Memory Work at Midcentury\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. “The Lesser of Threatened Evils”: Therapeutic Amnesias\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Seeking Immunity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penn State University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51455976964439,"sku":"9780271065564","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271065564.jpg?v=1755033286","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sign-of-pathology-9780271065564","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}