
Controlling Reproduction: Women, Society, and Stat e Power
Women, Society, and State Power
Riley(Author)
Polity Press
1st Edition
Published on 24. November 2022
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-5095-3991-8 (ISBN)
Description
Controlling reproduction - who has children, how many, and when - is important to states, communities, families, and individuals cross the globe. However, as Nancy Riley and Nilanjana Chatterjee argue, the stakes are even higher than might at first be appreciated: controlling reproduction is an incredibly powerful tool.
Contests over reproduction necessarily involve control of women and their bodies. Yet because reproduction is so intertwined with other social processes and institutions, its control extends far into most corners of social, economic, and political life. This book explores the role of various actors, focusing on what happens when social institutions beyond the individual - including state, religion, market, and family - are involved in the negotiation of reproductive power. Throughout, the authors engage examples pulled from across the world, such as direct fertility policies in China and Romania, the influence of the Catholic Church in Poland and Brazil, racial discrimination and resistance in Mexico and the US, and how Japan and Norway use laws intended to encourage gender equality to indirectly shape reproduction.
This engaging book sheds new light on the operations of power and gender in society. It will appeal to students taking courses on reproduction in departments of sociology, anthropology and gender studies.
Contests over reproduction necessarily involve control of women and their bodies. Yet because reproduction is so intertwined with other social processes and institutions, its control extends far into most corners of social, economic, and political life. This book explores the role of various actors, focusing on what happens when social institutions beyond the individual - including state, religion, market, and family - are involved in the negotiation of reproductive power. Throughout, the authors engage examples pulled from across the world, such as direct fertility policies in China and Romania, the influence of the Catholic Church in Poland and Brazil, racial discrimination and resistance in Mexico and the US, and how Japan and Norway use laws intended to encourage gender equality to indirectly shape reproduction.
This engaging book sheds new light on the operations of power and gender in society. It will appeal to students taking courses on reproduction in departments of sociology, anthropology and gender studies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
703 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5095-3991-8 (9781509539918)
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Person
Nancy E. Riley is Professor of Sociology at Bowdoin College
Nilanjana Chatterjee is Humanities Teacher at the United Nations International School
Nilanjana Chatterjee is Humanities Teacher at the United Nations International School
Content
Introduction: Controlling Women, Controlling Reproduction
Chapter 2: Direct State Control of Reproduction
Chapter 3: Indirect Influences on Reproductive control: The role of religion and family
Chapter 4: Reproduction in the Making and Unmaking of Communities
Chapter 5: Control of Reproduction in a Neoliberal World
Chapter 6: The Global Interconnections of Reproscapes
Chapter 7: Looking Ahead
Chapter 2: Direct State Control of Reproduction
Chapter 3: Indirect Influences on Reproductive control: The role of religion and family
Chapter 4: Reproduction in the Making and Unmaking of Communities
Chapter 5: Control of Reproduction in a Neoliberal World
Chapter 6: The Global Interconnections of Reproscapes
Chapter 7: Looking Ahead