0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies

Buy Now

Pregnancy and Power, Revised Edition - A History of Reproductive Politics in the United States (Paperback) Loot Price: R676
Discovery Miles 6 760
Pregnancy and Power, Revised Edition - A History of Reproductive Politics in the United States (Paperback): Rickie Solinger

Pregnancy and Power, Revised Edition - A History of Reproductive Politics in the United States (Paperback)

Rickie Solinger

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R676 Discovery Miles 6 760 | Repayment Terms: R63 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

A sweeping chronicle of women's battles for reproductive freedom Reproductive politics in the United States has always been about who has the power to decide-lawmakers, the courts, clergy, physicians, or the woman herself. Authorities have rarely put women's needs and interests at the center of these debates. Instead, they have created reproductive laws and policies to solve a variety of social and political problems, with outcomes that affect the lives of different groups of women differently. Reproductive politics were at play when slaveholders devised "breeding" schemes, when the US government took indigenous children from their families in the nineteenth century, and when doctors pressured Latina women to be sterilized in the 1970s. Tracing the main plot lines of women's reproductive lives, the leading historian Rickie Solinger redefines the idea of reproductive freedom, putting race and class at the center of the effort to control sex and pregnancy in America over time. Revisiting these issues after more than a decade, this revised edition of Pregnancy and Power reveals how far the reproductive justice movement has come, and the renewed struggles it faces in the present moment. Even after nearly a half-century of "reproductive rights," a cascade of new laws and policies limits access and prescribes punishments for many people trying to make their own reproductive decisions. In this edition, Solinger traces the contemporary rise of reproductive consumerism and the politics of "free market" health care as economic inequality continues to expand in the US, revealing the profound limits of "choice" and the continued need for the reproductive justice framework.

General

Imprint: New York University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2019
Authors: Rickie Solinger
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 978-1-4798-6650-2
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Prostitution
Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > Birth control, contraception, family planning
LSN: 1-4798-6650-4
Barcode: 9781479866502

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Surfacing - On Being Black And Feminist…
Desiree Lewis, Gabeba Baderoon Paperback R395 R309 Discovery Miles 3 090
Nasty Women Talk Back - Feminist Essays…
Joy Watson Paperback  (2)
R390 Discovery Miles 3 900
Reclaiming The Soil - A Black Girl's…
Rosie Motene Paperback R396 Discovery Miles 3 960
Crossroads - I Live Where I Like
Koni Benson Paperback R240 R188 Discovery Miles 1 880
Khwezi - The Remarkable Story Of…
Redi Tlhabi Paperback  (7)
R637 Discovery Miles 6 370
Sitting Pretty - White Afrikaans Women…
Christi van der Westhuizen Paperback  (1)
R365 R285 Discovery Miles 2 850
Shackled - One Woman's Dramatic Triumph…
Mariam Ibraheem, Eugene Bach Paperback R441 R375 Discovery Miles 3 750
Miss Behave
Malebo Sephodi Paperback  (12)
R277 Discovery Miles 2 770
Woman Evolve - Break Up With Your Fears…
Sarah Jakes Roberts Paperback  (2)
R319 R263 Discovery Miles 2 630
Fatima Meer - Memories Of Love And…
Fatima Meer Paperback  (1)
R365 R314 Discovery Miles 3 140
Black And Female
Tsitsi Dangarembga Paperback  (1)
R320 R256 Discovery Miles 2 560
Becoming
Michelle Obama Hardcover  (6)
R760 R625 Discovery Miles 6 250

See more

Partners