{"title":"Judith A. Houck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJudith A. Houck\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a distinctive voice in contemporary writing, inviting readers to explore themes through a thoughtful and intimate lens. Her work, as seen in titles like \u003cem\u003eLooking through the Speculum\u003c\/em\u003e, blends poetic insight with keen observation, crafting narratives that encourage reflection and discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a contemplative journey that unravels the layers of human experience and perception. Houck's style is marked by a delicate balance of clarity and complexity, making her books a compelling choice for those who appreciate literary depth and nuance.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"looking-through-the-speculum-by-judith-a-houck-9780226830865","title":"Looking through the Speculum","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHighlights local history to tell a national story about the evolution of the women's health movement, illuminating the struggles and successes of bringing feminist dreams into clinical spaces.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe women's health movement in the United States, beginning in 1969 and taking hold in the 1970s, was a broad-based movement seeking to increase women's bodily knowledge, reproductive control, and well-being. It was a political movement that insisted that bodily autonomy provided the key to women's liberation. It was also an institution-building movement that sought to transform women's relationships with medicine. The movement was dedicated to increasing women's access to affordable health care without the barriers of homophobia, racism, and sexism. But the movement did not only focus on women's bodies. It also encouraged activists to reimagine their relationships with one another, to develop their relationships in the name of personal and political change, and, eventually, to discover and confront the limitations of the bonds of womanhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLooking through the Speculum\u003c\/em\u003e examines historically the emergence, development, travails, and triumphs of the women's health movement in the United States. By bringing medical history and the history of women's bodies into our emerging understandings of second-wave feminism, the author sheds light on the understudied efforts to shape health care and reproductive control beyond the hospital and the doctor's office—in the home, the women's center, the church basement, the bookshop, and the clinic. Lesbians, straight women, and women of colour all play crucial roles in this history. At its center are the politics, institutions, and relationships created by and within the women's health movement, depicted primarily from the perspective of the activists who shaped its priorities, fought its battles, and grappled with its shortcomings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455619776748,"sku":"9780226830865","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71B6xeeJxEL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774788293"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/judith-a-houck.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}