Births And Power
Social Change And The Politics Of Reproduction
1st Edition
Published on 11. April 2019
236 pages
978-0-429-69392-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book challenges orthodox public perspectives on reproduction. It relies on participant observation, field censuses, interviews, and use of official demographic, epidemiological, and health statistics.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-0-429-69392-2 (9780429693922)
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Person
Handwerker, W. Penn
Content
Politics and Reproduction: A Window on Social Change -- The Politics of Reproductive Biology: Exclusionary Policies in the United States -- The Politics of Obstetric Care: The Inuit Experience -- The Politics of Birth: Cultural Dimensions of Pain, Virtue, and Control Among the Bariba of Benin -- The Politics of Children: Fosterage and the Social Management of Fertility Among the Mende of Sierra Leone -- The Politics of Below-Replacement Fertility: Policy and Power in Hungary -- The Politics of Parenthood: Fairness, Freedom, and Responsibility in American Reproductive Choices -- The Politics of Choice: Abortion as Insurrection -- The Politics of Adolescent Pregnancy: Turf and Teens in Louisiana -- The Politics of Family Planning: Sterilization and Human Rights in Bangladesh -- The Politics of AIDS, Condoms, and Heterosexual Relations in Africa: Recent Evidence from the Local Print Media
