Journal article
(In)Conceivable: Risky Reproduction and the Rhetorical Labors of "Octomom"
Communication and critical/cultural studies, Vol.11(3), pp.231-249
07/03/2014
DOI: 10.1080/14791420.2014.924154
Abstract
This article interrogates public discourse surrounding the Suleman octuplet birth, tracing related rhetorics of pathology and risk that marked Nadya Suleman as a threat to be contained while masking dominant logics of race, class, and family formation through the ethos of medical expertise. This study demonstrates how the rhetoric of risk functions as a powerful mode of governance, policing the borders of maternity and asserting the primacy of medical authority in maintaining these borders.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- (In)Conceivable: Risky Reproduction and the Rhetorical Labors of "Octomom"
- Creators
- Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Communication and critical/cultural studies, Vol.11(3), pp.231-249
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/14791420.2014.924154
- ISSN
- 1479-1420
- eISSN
- 1479-4233
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/03/2014
- Academic Unit
- Communication Studies; Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984002320102771
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