the ultrasonic picture show and the politics of threatened life. | this article examines a local version of medical public discourse about fetal images produced through ultrasonography in israel, where this technology has gained huge popularity. nevertheless, i argue, ultrasound in israel has not become engaged in the discursive production of "fetal subjects" central to the euro-american life politics. fetal images in israel have become entangled in a "politics of threatened life": where "life" stands typically for the pregnant woman and "threat" for the fetus, ... | 2009 | 19764311 |