Controlling reproduction : women, society, and state power /
Controlling reproduction, who has children, how many and when, is important to states, communities, families and individuals across the globe. However, the stakes are even higher than might at first be appreciated. Control over reproduction is an incredibly powerful tool. Contests over reproduction...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; Hoboken, New Jersey :
Polity Press,
[2023].
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| Summary: | Controlling reproduction, who has children, how many and when, is important to states, communities, families and individuals across the globe. However, the stakes are even higher than might at first be appreciated. Control over reproduction is an incredibly powerful tool. Contests over reproduction necessarily involve control over women and their bodies. Yet because reproduction is so intertwined with other social processes and institutions, controlling it also extends far into most corners of social, economic and political life. Nancy Riley and Nilanjana Chatterjee explore how various social institutions beyond the individual, including state, religion, market and family, are involved in the negotiation of reproductive power. They draw on examples 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 United States, 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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| Physical Description: | x, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781509539925 1509539921 9781509539918 1509539913 |