Controlling Reproduction: Women, Society, and State Power - Couverture rigide

Riley, Nancy E.; Chatterjee, Nilanjana

 
9781509539918: Controlling Reproduction: Women, Society, and State Power
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1509539913 ISBN 13 : 9781509539918
Editeur : Polity Press, 2022

Synopsis

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 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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À propos de l?auteur

Nancy E. Riley is Professor of Sociology and A. Myrick Freeman Professor of Social Sciences, Bowdoin College.
Nilanjana Chatterjee is a Cultural Anthropologist who teaches Humanities at the United Nations International School.

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Éditeur
Polity Press
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1509539913
ISBN 13 
9781509539918
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
Buchpark GmbH
https://www.buchpark.de

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Trebbin
Brandenburg
14959
Allemagne

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9781509539925: Controlling Reproduction: Women, Society, and State Power

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1509539921 ISBN 13 :  9781509539925
Editeur : Polity Press, 2022
Couverture souple