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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.
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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Tabella dei contenuti
Chapter 1: Introduction: Controlling Women, Controlling ReproductionChapter 2: Direct State Control of Reproduction
Chapter 3: Religion and the State
Chapter 4: State and Family: Cooperation and Contestation
Chapter 5: State Management of Reproduction in the Making and Unmaking of Communities
Chapter 6: Control of Reproduction in a Neoliberal World
Chapter 7: The Global Interconnections of Reproscapes
Chapter 8: Looking Ahead
Circa l’autore
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.
Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 224 ● ISBN 9781509539932 ● Dimensione 1.5 MB ● Casa editrice John Wiley & Sons ● Pubblicato 2022 ● Edizione 1 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 8709497 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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