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Measuring Immorality : Social Inquiry and the Problem of Illegitimacy
Measuring Immorality Social Inquiry and the Problem of Illegitimacy
Author: Gail Reekie
This book examines how social science transforms a biological event--a birth--into a social and moral problem. Drawing on Foucault's "archaeology of knowledge," the book stresses the role of statistics and other truth-telling discourses in the birth and growth of the illegitimacy "problem" since the early nineteenth century. Chapters explore the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521629744
ISBN-10: 0521629748
Publication Date: 10/13/1998
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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