At the time it was first published, neither birth control nor abortion had been legalized for all citizens of the United States. The work, priced at 40 cents, quickly sold , copies. Since then, the book has been translated into 31 languages and sold 4 million copies. The book has struggled, however, to find a foothold in the internet era, which has made many reliable websites available to young women looking to learn more about their bodies.
This major revision, the first print published as a regular sized book rather than an oversized one, includes new information on complementary health practices, aging, medical testing and procedures, and navigating the health care system. Find out more about the edition. To see a high resolution image of each cover, click on the image. Because the texts are the same, both the and prints are considered the first edition. Find out more: OBOS Update Team The fifth Edition The New Our Bodies, Ourselves Completely rewritten, the edition expands to pages from and includes new chapters on body image, psychotherapy, women growing older, new reproductive technologies, and environmental and occupational health.
All Rights Reserved. In the pages of Our Bodies, Ourselves , matters that had been private became public. Readers, encouraged to trust their own experiences, began to participate in a conversation about health and medicine. The writers of Our Bodies, Ourselves researched medical texts and presented them in colloquial language. Drafting and revising in groups, they invented new ways of organizing the task of writing.
Above all, they presented medical information by telling stories. We learn here how these stories were organized, and how the writers drew readers into investigating both their own bodies and the global organization of medical care.
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