Placental Economy: Octavia Butler, Luce Irigaray, and Speculative Subjectivity

2007/11/30 by Laurel Bollinger · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · Medicine · #Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes #Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences #Reproductive Health and Technologies

paper · doi:10.1080/10436920701708044

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Abstract

And there was Doro with her, touching her as no one had touched her before. It was as though he touched her spirit, enfolding it within himself, spreading the sensation of his touch through every p...

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