The Politics of Reproduction
Thinking Beyond the Slogans
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1999
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
978-1-86448-906-4 (ISBN)
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
978-1-86448-906-4 (ISBN)
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In public and private life, women's fertility is the focus of strong passions. Why are some willing to undergo invasive medical treatment to become pregnant? Why are others willing to use backyard abortionists if clinics are unavailable? This text explores the social politics behind reproduction.
In public and private life, women's fertility is the focus of strong passions. Why are some willing to undergo invasive medical treatment to become pregnant? Why are others willing to use backyard abortionists if clinics are unavailable? The author looks beyond the slogans that dominate the abortion debate to explore the contexts in which women make decisions about fertility and raising children. Drawing on the experiences of younger and older women, she looks at the changing ways women have negotiated fertility, contraception, adoption, abortion, assisted reproduction and motherhood. She analyzes the ways in which the media, the medical profession, public policy and the law constrain and shape women's experiences, and she examines the role of the women's movement, arguing that we need to look beyond commonsense understandings of motherhood, heterosexuality and family formation which shape policy debates.
In public and private life, women's fertility is the focus of strong passions. Why are some willing to undergo invasive medical treatment to become pregnant? Why are others willing to use backyard abortionists if clinics are unavailable? The author looks beyond the slogans that dominate the abortion debate to explore the contexts in which women make decisions about fertility and raising children. Drawing on the experiences of younger and older women, she looks at the changing ways women have negotiated fertility, contraception, adoption, abortion, assisted reproduction and motherhood. She analyzes the ways in which the media, the medical profession, public policy and the law constrain and shape women's experiences, and she examines the role of the women's movement, arguing that we need to look beyond commonsense understandings of motherhood, heterosexuality and family formation which shape policy debates.
Rebecca M. Albury is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Wollongong where she teaches Women's Studies and Social Science. She has been an activist in reproductive politics for over 20 years.
Preface and acknowledgements1 Making the Personal Political2 A Woman's Body is Her Own3 Not the Church, Not the State, Women Must Decide Their Fate4 Freely Available, Safe Contraception5 Abortion is a Woman's Right to Choose6 A Woman's Life is a Human Life7 Reproductive Politics into the Next DecadeBibliography
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.2.1999 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 215 mm |
Gewicht | 370 g |
Themenwelt | Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Histologie / Embryologie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-86448-906-5 / 1864489065 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-86448-906-4 / 9781864489064 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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