Facing Eugenics
Reproduction, Sterilization, and the Politics of Choice
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2013
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4426-4416-8 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
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Facing Eugenics is a social history of sexual sterilization operations in twentieth-century Canada. Looking at real-life experiences of men and women who, either coercively or voluntarily, participated in the largest legal eugenics program in Canada, it considers the impact of successive legal policies and medical practices on shaping our understanding of contemporary reproductive rights. The book also provides deep insights into the broader implications of medical experimentation, institutionalization, and health care in North America.
Erika Dyck uses a range of historical evidence, including medical files, court testimony, and personal records to place mental health and intelligence at the centre of discussions regarding reproductive fitness. Examining acts of resistance alongside heavy-handed decisions to sterilize people considered “unfit,” Facing Eugenics illuminates how reproductive rights fit into a broader discussion of what constitutes civil liberties, modern feminism, and contemporary psychiatric survivor and disability activism.
Erika Dyck uses a range of historical evidence, including medical files, court testimony, and personal records to place mental health and intelligence at the centre of discussions regarding reproductive fitness. Examining acts of resistance alongside heavy-handed decisions to sterilize people considered “unfit,” Facing Eugenics illuminates how reproductive rights fit into a broader discussion of what constitutes civil liberties, modern feminism, and contemporary psychiatric survivor and disability activism.
Erika Dyck is Canada Research Chair in History of Medicine and an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan.
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
List of Images
Introduction
Chapter 1: Vagrancy, Violence and Virtue: Nora Powers
Chapter 2: Race, Consent and Protection: George Pierre
Chapter 3: Sterilization Redefined: Violet and Irene
Chapter 4: Vasectomy, Masculinity and Hyperactivity: Ken Nelson
Chapter 5: From Sterilization to Patient Activism: Doreen Ella Befus
Chapter 6: Appendectomy to Queen’s Court Settlement: Leilani Muir
Chapter 7: Abortion, Sterilization and the Eugenics Legacy: Jane Doe
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Bibliography
Zusatzinfo | 14 b&w illustrations |
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Verlagsort | Toronto |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 158 x 237 mm |
Gewicht | 620 g |
Themenwelt | Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4426-4416-8 / 1442644168 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4426-4416-8 / 9781442644168 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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